2001 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Centenaire

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Châteauneuf Du Pape

Southern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Rhone Blend

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The last winery visit of my tour of the Rhone Valleyx000D featured some of the finest wines of my trip. Andre Brunel has crafted 2000s and 2001s that offer marvelous richnessx000D of fruit as well as uncanny finesse for Chateauneuf. The crop was smaller in 2001 than in the previous year, Brunelx000D told me (about 33 hectoliters per hectare, compared to 38), and he carried outx000D a longer cuvaison, with more pigeage and delestage, to take maximum advantagex000D of the vintage's strong raw materials. Brunel describes the 2001s as unusually fine for Chateauneuf du Pape,x000D while the 2000s are in a distinctly opulent style. Brunel's Cuvee Centenaire is always worth a special search of thex000D marketplace. While this blend includedx000D some mourvedre in both 2000 and 1998, in 2001 it's all grenache and syrah. (Brunel also has a negociant operation withx000D Laurence Feraud of Domaine du Pegau; see my notes under Feraud-Brunel.) (Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, D.C.)