2019 Santa Duc La Pied de Baud Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhone

The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Le Pied De Baud offers a deeper purple/ruby hue as well as a ripe, more up-front bouquet of red and blue fruits, ground pepper, violets, and more minerality, which comes through more on the palate. Rich, medium to full-bodied, and structured, give bottles a few years and enjoy over the following decade or more. This cuvée comes from the pebbly soils of the Pied de Baud lieu-dit, was partially destemmed, and is 80% Grenache and 10% each of Cinsault and Mourvèdre.

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From a vineyard ringed with ancient oak forests (like Rayas) on the Plateau des Brusquières. Old Vine 90% Grenache, 9% Mourvèdre, 1% Counoise. Aged In recent casks (foudres) and terracotta jars for 18 months.