2018 Mont-redon Chateauneuf-du-pape Le Plateau

70 % Grenache (planted 1940s) and 30 % Syrah (planted 1950s-1960s). Hand harvested and 100% destemmed with 2-3 days of cold maceration and skin contact of 15-20 days during which extraction is performed mostly by punching down the cap of the ferments. Following 19 months elevage in 67 % barrique (50 % new) and 33 % stainless steel, the selected parcels are blended and aged on fine lees for a further 16 months in tank before bottling. Immense ageing capacity giving a wine which shows the quintessence of the older vines of Le Plateau de Mont-Redon.