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2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Châteauneuf Du Pape

Southern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

75% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 6% Mourvèdre, 5% Cinsault, 2% Muscardin, 2% Counoise

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2017 - 2024

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Here's another estate whose vines were hit so hard by the miserable flowering in 2013 that they opted to produce only a single Châteauneuf bottling. Since the Grenache harvest for the domain was off by almost 40%, "it didn’t make sense to produce just a little bit of the cuvées," Thierry Usseglio reported. "It was better to focus on making the best traditional bottling possible and to be happy with that, plus hope for better luck in 2014," he added with a "what-are-you-gonna-do" shrug.

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There will be no Reserve des Deux Freres bottling in 2012 and only a single wine in 2011 from Thierry Usseglio, who said that the decision to declassify in both vintages was based almost entirely on "horrible yields, which are an ongoing problem in Chateauneuf." Since that 2011 "regular" bottling contains all the juice that would normally be designated as Mon Aieul and Reserve des Deux Freres, it's a serious value for savvy Chateauneuf lovers.