2007 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée du Papet

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Châteauneuf Du Pape

Southern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Rhone Blend

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"Two thousand seven was a winemaker's dream," Thierry Sabon told me, "because we got both a big crop and excellent concentration, which isn't how it usually works." Sabon had not yet decided whether he would bottle a Cuvee du Papet from 2008, adding that the yield for the vintage was a low 23 hectoliters per hectare. "It was rainy but we got the mistral, which saved the vintage from being the disaster of 2002, when we got no wind to dry the vineyards." We talked about the influence of oak on his wines and he told me that while he tends to be flexible he tries to err on the side of too little because "wood is only good when you don't notice it. When it becomes as obvious as the fruit it's too much for me."

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"Two thousand six is a spicy vintage, with very good energy and depth," Thierry Sabon told me, lamenting that it may be lost in the frenzy for the 2005s and 2007s. "In an earlier generation it would have been the best of a decade. " As to those two hotly pursued vintages, Sabon believes that 2007 is more elegant than 2005 because the tannins are finer and more harmonious. "Harmony is a very good word to describe the vintage, actually. " (Various importers, including North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA and Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY)