Charvin 2022 Cotes-du-Rhone "Le Poutet”

The Laurent Charvin "Le Poutet"  is made from average 50 year-old vines (some are 90 years-old!) of 80% Grenache with Mourvedre, Syrah and Carignan in vineyards that abut Chateauneuf-du-Pape - Maucoil in the northwest and Campovin and Boislauzon in the northeast. The soils are sandy clay/limestone with galets stones. The grapes undergo a 15 to 20-day whole bunch fermentation with daily pumping-overs, the wine then spends 18 months in concrete vat and is bottled unfined and unfiltered. The resulting wine is equal to many Châteauneuf-du-Pape, offering complex aromas of garrigue and spicy red fruits with the structure to evolve and drink well over ten to fifteen years. "bright, clear red robe. The nose gives a joli display of red fruit, berries across it, pockets of laurel-sage, holds together well. This has a rock-infused palate, good grain through it, perky red fruit, raspberry present, with salted tannins. There’s a terroir expression here. It’s authentic, good clarity in its fruit...is spinal, good and toothsome-dentelle." drinkrhone on the 2022.