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2000 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Wine Details
Producer

Clos de Pape

Place of Origin

France

Châteauneuf Du Pape

Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Rhone Blend

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Vincent Avril told me the yield here was barely 25x000D hectoliters per hectare in 2001 (compared to 29 in 2000). He compares the young '01 to the estate'sx000D outstanding '95, and describes the 2000 as more massive and powerful, more inx000D the style of the 1990. I tasted thex000D 2001 vintage from two very different foudres, then an approximation of thex000D final blend.

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The moderate rain that fell on August 30 of 2000, according to Vincent Avril, was a welcome relief to the thirsty vines on the south side of the Chateauneuf du Pape appellation, which had suffered from heat and drought through most of that month. The Avrils started the harvest on September 12 with syrah. The next important rain fell on September 20, but Chateauneuf dodged potential disaster: just 25 millimeters (or about one inch) of rain fell, but Marseilles and Montpellier not far to the south and west were flooded with nearly 8 inches of precipitation. The Mistral took hold the following day, and the grapes quickly dried and began to shrink. Vincent Avril describes this highly promising vintage as beween 1990 and 1995 in style: that is, with almost the material of '90 but a bit less acidity than '95. Like 1998, 2000 brought a large crop, which for Clos des Papes means a scant 30 hectoliters per hectare.