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2013 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Wine Details
Producer

Clos de Pape

Place of Origin

France

Châteauneuf Du Pape

Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

50% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah, 5% Other Permitted Varieties

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Drinking Window

2021 - 2028

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If there was ever a vintage that made him grateful that his grandfather and father went long on Mourvèdre, Vincent Avril told me, 2013 was it. Even with the domain's extensive plantings of non-Grenache varieties the yield here in '13 was only about a ton per acre, he added, which means that this will be a far tougher wine to find than usual. Not that production has been booming here in recent vintages anyway. As Avril pointed out, his total production over the last six years is roughly equal to what he'd normally produce in four vintages, "which means that it hasn't been an easy time from a financial standpoint." But we've enjoyed a great and "pretty unprecedented" run of solid to fantastic vintages, he went on, adding that he worries that the generally warmer weather is pushing Grenache to its limit, ripeness-wise. The cautionary tale, he said, is that "the older generations were correct not to rely solely on one variety, Grenache, so those who have the full range of varieties planted have been able to compensate for all the ripeness that that grape always gives anyway."