Vignoble Brunier Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Piedlong" red 2022

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Châteauneuf-du-Pape "Piedlong" 2022

Guide RVF des Meilleurs Vins de France 2025 (Sept. 2024): 95/100. Piedlong possesses that magic and finesse that makes us forget the power and generosity of the vintage.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Joe Czerwinski, Sept. 2024): 93/100. A blend of 90% Grenache (sourced from galets roulés) and 10% Mourvèdre on sandy soils, the 2022 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Piedlong is a stunning wine. Evoking aromas of rose, violets, spices, garrigue, and red berries, it’s medium to full-bodied, round and structured with bright acids, a long, delicate core of fruit, and a mouthwatering mineral finish. drink date: 2024-2044

Technical sheet written by the domaine:

SURFACE: 12 hectares.

SOIL AND SUBSOIL: for 9 ha, the lieu-dit Piedlong: Miocene molasses (1 to 1.5 m deep) resting on a thick layer of clay rich in galets, and covered by an alpine diluvium mantle, commonly known as 'galets roulés'. For 3 ha: the lieu-dit Pignan, known to be one of the few sites with sandy soil on the surface and resting on a clay-sandy mixture and friable stone called 'pierre du Gard'.

GRAPE VARIETIES: 90% Grenache from 70-year-old vines, 10% Mourvèdre from 50-year-old vines.

VINIFICATION: manual harvest with double sorting in the vineyard followed by a third sorting at the entrance to the cellar. Light crushing and selective destemming, traditional fermentation for a minimum of 30 days in concrete and wood tanks under controlled temperatures. Pressing in a pneumatic press, systematic malolactic fermentation.

AGING: 20 to 22 months in 60-hectoliter French oak foudres.

PERSONALITY AND AGING POTENTIAL: a Châteauneuf-du-Pape that perfectly balances richness and freshness, robustness and femininity, velvety texture and minerality.

TASTING TEMPERATURE: 17 °C.