DOMAINE CHANTE CIGALE - Chateauneuf du Pape - Rhone Valley - France

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RH142
Vintage: 2019

DOMAINE CHANTE CIGALE - Chateauneuf du Pape, Rhone Valley, FRANCE

Intense black fruit and spicy aroma. Palate is rich and gorgeous with great balance.

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Country FRANCE Region Rhône Valley Grape Varietal Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah

Product Description

Description

"This full-bodied blend of 65% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvïdre and 5% Cinsault boasts wonderfully supple, creamy tannins, raspberry and cherry fruit, and a dusting of cinnamon and allspice on the long, dusty finish." Wine Advocate. Vintage in image may vary. Refer to wine facts for current vintage.

How to pair it

  • Meat Pair with provençale-style veal rack, porcini stuffed roasted chicken
  • Cheese Banon cheese, ewe milk cheese

Accolades

Awards

Wine Enthusiast 93 Points

American wine and lifestyle magazine that offers wine industry news, educational articles and wine ratings. One of the top 3 wine magazines in the USA.

Critique Review

“Taut, bristling tannins and a rim of tobacco lend an upright feel to rich blackberry and black-fig flavors in this wine. A Grenache-dominant red blended with Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault sourced from a diversity of soils, it's a smartly balanced wine calibrating power and ripeness against bright acidity and twists of savory resin, tar and coffee grinds. While tightly wound in youth it should open from 2025 and improve well through 2030. Anna Lee C. Iijima.”

93 pts, Wine Enthusiast

Wine Facts

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Product Type Red Wine
Grape Varietal Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah
Vintage 2019
Region Rhône Valley
Country FRANCE
Winemakers Alexandre Favier OWNER and jean-yves Pomaret Oenologist
Producer Alexandre Favier
Average age of vines 50 years
Production method 200 000 bottles
Harvest method hand picking
Fermentation & maceration 3/4 days cold maceration 10 days to fermentation and 7 days to finish maceration
Aging Syrah and Mourvedre aged 12 months in barrels ( 10 % new ) and one part of grenache ( 10 % ) aged 12 months in big cask. The rest aged in concrete tank. After 12 months we blended the wines form barrels and wines from concrete tanks. We aged again 6 months in concrete tank before to bottling.
Alcohol 15.0%
Mouth Attribute Balanced, Full-bodied, Rich
Nose Attribute Dark Fruit, Spices
SKU RH142

Vineyard Info

Nowadays the Domaine Chante Cigale is one of the most important family estates of Chateauneuf du Pape. The lands’ legacy, the respect of our prestigious terroir, the precise work of the ground and the natural balance of the vine are the main ingredients required to produce Chante Cigale’s wines. As the current winemaker, Alexandre Favier is now carefully running the winery by keeping up with the winemaker’s tradition of the family. After several years of careful daily observation, culture and understanding of his rich and varied centenarian vineyard, Alexandre is now going forward with strong convictions to masterfully run each of the 45 parcels Chante Cigale’s wines are issued from.

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Description

"This full-bodied blend of 65% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvïdre and 5% Cinsault boasts wonderfully supple, creamy tannins, raspberry and cherry fruit, and a dusting of cinnamon and allspice on the long, dusty finish." Wine Advocate. Vintage in image may vary. Refer to wine facts for current vintage.

How to pair it

  • Meat Pair with provençale-style veal rack, porcini stuffed roasted chicken
  • Cheese Banon cheese, ewe milk cheese

Awards

Wine Enthusiast 93 Points

American wine and lifestyle magazine that offers wine industry news, educational articles and wine ratings. One of the top 3 wine magazines in the USA.

Critique Review

“Taut, bristling tannins and a rim of tobacco lend an upright feel to rich blackberry and black-fig flavors in this wine. A Grenache-dominant red blended with Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault sourced from a diversity of soils, it's a smartly balanced wine calibrating power and ripeness against bright acidity and twists of savory resin, tar and coffee grinds. While tightly wound in youth it should open from 2025 and improve well through 2030. Anna Lee C. Iijima.”

93 pts, Wine Enthusiast
More Information
Product Type Red Wine
Grape Varietal Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah
Vintage 2019
Region Rhône Valley
Country FRANCE
Winemakers Alexandre Favier OWNER and jean-yves Pomaret Oenologist
Producer Alexandre Favier
Average age of vines 50 years
Production method 200 000 bottles
Harvest method hand picking
Fermentation & maceration 3/4 days cold maceration 10 days to fermentation and 7 days to finish maceration
Aging Syrah and Mourvedre aged 12 months in barrels ( 10 % new ) and one part of grenache ( 10 % ) aged 12 months in big cask. The rest aged in concrete tank. After 12 months we blended the wines form barrels and wines from concrete tanks. We aged again 6 months in concrete tank before to bottling.
Alcohol 15.0%
Mouth Attribute Balanced, Full-bodied, Rich
Nose Attribute Dark Fruit, Spices
SKU RH142

Nowadays the Domaine Chante Cigale is one of the most important family estates of Chateauneuf du Pape. The lands’ legacy, the respect of our prestigious terroir, the precise work of the ground and the natural balance of the vine are the main ingredients required to produce Chante Cigale’s wines. As the current winemaker, Alexandre Favier is now carefully running the winery by keeping up with the winemaker’s tradition of the family. After several years of careful daily observation, culture and understanding of his rich and varied centenarian vineyard, Alexandre is now going forward with strong convictions to masterfully run each of the 45 parcels Chante Cigale’s wines are issued from.

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