Rotem & Mounir Saouma
The aromatic expression, purity, floral character and silky textures of a number of wines from the Pignan sector of Châteauneuf-du-Pape “made me come here in the first place”, Mounir Saouma told me. “There was an intensity of flavor without weight that seemed surreal given the region and the sugar levels of the fruit that was just incredible.” He added. Saouma describes himself as a “complete and learning student of the region” and says that he started making and continues to make wine here “with no preconceptions aside from trying to capture maximum elegance, because it can definitely be achieved” from Grenache and even other traditional regional varieties, especially when grown on sandy soils. His extensive background with Pinot Noir is highly evident in his southern Rhône red wines, which he raises in a collection of wooden and stainless steel tanks, demi-muids, barriques, concrete eggs and clay amphoras in his cellar just north of Orange, a visit to which is a veritable journey down a rabbit-hole of insight, opinion and philosophy. There’s no set-in-stone bottling or release schedule here, by the way, so there’s the very real chance that these 2015s won’t enter the market for some time, as in as far out as five years from now, or maybe even later.
From 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Power and Balance (Mar 2017) by Josh Raynolds
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