2013 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes

Wine Details
Producer

Éric Texier

Place of Origin

France

Northern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Grenache

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2020 - 2027

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Texier sources the fruit for this bottling from a Grenache planting in the sandy northern sector of La Crau whose vines, he says, exceed 100 years of age. The wine is aged for a year in large, old foudres in Châteauneuf, then racked into demi-muids and moved to Texier's cellar in Charnay-en-Beaujolais for anther six months or so of rest before bottling without fining or filtration.