2006 Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvée Etienne Gonnet Font de Michelle - 12x75cl
10A6CPEGF _ 2006 - Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvée Etienne Gonnet Font de Michelle - 12x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Font de Michelle
  • Region Châteauneuf du Pape
  • Grape Grenache / Syrah / Mourvèdre
  • Drinking 2007 - 2022
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now

2006 - Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvée Etienne Gonnet Font de Michelle - 12x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Font de Michelle
  • Region Châteauneuf du Pape
  • Grape Grenache / Syrah / Mourvèdre
  • Drinking 2007 - 2022
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £488.47 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £375.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, November 2007

    Etienne Gonnet, the domaine's top cuvée, is produced from a typical Mediterranean blend ofpredominantly Grenache (from 90-year-old vines), followed by Syrah and Mourvèdre. Very little new oak is used in order for the pure and primal characteristics to show through. Rich, deep and dark, this 2006 displays intense flavours of blackcurrant, blackberry and liquorice. Its ample, fleshy palate is wrapped up in mouthfilling tannins giving a long and persistent finish.

  • Robert Parker, October 2008, Score: 89

    Slightly broader, with a more velvety texture and slightly more concentrated fruit is the round, generous 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Etienne Gonnet. This wine displays lots of spice, earth, plum, fig, and black cherry flavors, has no hard edges, and is quite hedonistic, but again, best drunk over the next 7-8 years.

  • Robert Parker, October 2007, Score: 88-90

    The 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Etienne Gonnet possesses a darker ruby/purple-tinged color as well as aromas of incense, melted licorice, black currants, cherries, pepper, and spice. It is a fat, fleshy effort made in the style of this soft, easy-going vintage. Enjoy it over the next 8-10 yearsDrink: 2007-2017

Producer

Font de Michelle

Until recent this substantial estate owned by the Gonnet family had been known as Font de Michelle. The Font de Michelle lieu dit is a large parcel in the southeast of the Châteauneu du Pape appellation, named after the natural water source found there. Due to a recent legislative change that means there is no protection for the name of Font de Michelle – because the lieu dit is farmed by numerous vignerons – the family have taken the decision to rebrand. The style of winemaking, however, remains an impeccable as it ever was. Guillaume Gonnet has taken up the reins from his parents with impressive assurance. He guides the domaine with a combination of modern innovation and respect for tradition. The estate does not push alcoholic maturity, and the gentle pumping over of mostly destemmed fruit results in well-balanced wines with appealing juicy fruit. The domaine makes a number of cuvées in Châteauneuf. In some years the estate makes a Cuvée Etienne Gonnet, which is both homage to Guillaume’s grandfather as well as the 100+ year old Grenache vines that grow on the plateau, La Crau.

Region

Châteauneuf du Pape

The emperor of southern Rhône appellations, Châteauneuf du Pape was the first A.O.C. in all of France, created in 1936. Their bottle is unique embossed with the papal coat of arms. Thirteen varieties (14 if Grenache Blanc is counted separately) can be incorporated in the blend. The reds include: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan, Cinsault, Terret Noir, Picpoul, Vaccarèse, Counoise, Muscardin, while the whites are Roussanne, Bourboulenc and Clairette. Only a handful of producers use all 13, Grenache often being the highest percentage of the blend. This enables each producer to highlight the varieties that are the ripest and most interesting in any given year. Most Châteauneuf du Pâpes are master examples of wines that can be approachable within the first few years of release yet able to develop superb complexity during many years of cellaring.

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