2006 - Châteauneuf du Pape Font de Michelle
10A6CPFM _ 2006 - Châteauneuf du Pape Font de Michelle - 12x75cl
Colour
Red
Producer
Font de Michelle
Region
Châteauneuf du Pape
Grape
Grenache / Syrah / Mourvèdre
Drinking
2010 - 2019
Case size
12x75cl
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2006 CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE FONT DE MICHELLE - 12x75cl

Colour
Red
Producer
Font de Michelle
Region
Châteauneuf du Pape
Grape
Grenache / Syrah / Mourvèdre
Drinking
2010 - 2019
Case size
12x75cl
Available Now
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Case price £248.14 (Inc. VAT)
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Tasting Notes

  • GDH

    Goedhuis, November 2007

    Wonderfully upfront, this 2006 is fleshed out by lots of ripe bramble fruit, black pepper and plump damson plum. Its sweet core is balanced by its fine tannins and uplifting acidity which surfaces at the end. Particularly morish.

  • RP1

    Robert Parker, October 2008,
    Score: 87

    The 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape demonstrates the vintage's spicy, earthy, peppery, roasted Provencalherb side. With plenty of root vegetables along with fig and currant fruit, the wine is dark garnet, relatively evolved, and best drunk over the next 5-6 years.

  • RP

    Robert Parker, October 2007,
    Score: 87-88

    The 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape exhibits notes of tapenade, ground pepper, roasted herbs, licorice, and black cherries. It is soft, medium-bodied, and ideal for drinking over the next 5-6 yearsDrink: 2007-2013

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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.