Domaine Alain Chabanon "Esprit de Font-Caude" red 2019

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Domaine Alain Chabanon "Esprit de Font-Caude" red 2019

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2025 (Sept. 2024) : 95/100. L'Esprit de Font-Caude 2019 is a great wine, more concentrated, with chalky tannins, aniseed, and camphor, which will benefit from a few more years in the cellar.

Technical Sheet written by the domaine

Cuvée flagship of the domaine, it is also the oldest part, composed of equal parts mourvèdre and syrah, with a touch of grenache, much elegance for this wine that sits between classicism and modernity.

Blend : 45% Syrah, 45% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache.

Terroir and cultivation method : Poor, stony soils of clay-limestone type. The vines are cultivated biodynamically, under Demeter control, with complete soil plowing and total absence of fertilizer inputs. 

Yield : 28/32 hectoliters/hectare.

Harvest : Manual only in the morning, in perforated crates

Vinification : After passing over the sorting table, transferred to the tank by gravity. No inoculation. Traditional vinification alternating punching down and pumping over. Maceration for 5 weeks. Pneumatic pressing.

Aging : 36 months, including 24 in large French oak casks.


Tasting advice: Open, or better, decant at least 2 hours before serving at a temperature of 15 to 17 °C.


Tasting advice : Serve at a temperature of 15 to 17 °C

Food and wine pairings:
Beef daube with Montpeyroux wine
Bull fillet from Camargue in crust
Roasted hare with sauce
Venison medallions and braised chestnuts.