Domaine Charvin Chateauneuf du Pape《Terroir Collection》

Grapes : Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre,Vaccaese

🌟「I always find Charvin's wines closest to those of Chateau Rayas 」 Robert Parker 

One of the most intelligent young Chateauneuf du Pape turks is Laurent Charvin. As I have written before, consumers are lucky that the entire production here is now estate bottled as opposed to being sold to negociants as it was prior to 1990. I always find Charvin’s wines come closest to those of Chateau Rayas, although the Charvin cuvees are slightly more concentrated.

📜 Multiple vintage: 2000 & 2009

🌟 Traditional winery, ferment with stem, no filtration, no oak

🌟  2000 cases per vintage for Chateauneuf du pape

🌟 Average 50 years old vines, some even over 80 years

🌟「Charvin may indeed produce the Richbourg of Chateauneuf du Pape」 Robert Parker 

👇🏻Vintage 2009(TF558)👇🏻

Alcohol : 15%

🏅 Wine Advocate 95

🏅 Wine Spectator 95

🏅 Vinous 94+

🏅 Jeb Dunnuck 94

👇🏻Vintage 2000(TF558A)👇🏻

Alcohol : 15%

🏅 Wine Advocate 93

🏅 Wine Spectator 90

🏅 Vinous 93

Introduction

Although established in 1851, the first wines were not bottled at Charvin until a century later, in 1951, and even then they were only for the family's private use.  Instead it wasn't until 1990 when 6th generation Laurent took control of the domaine from his father and began a very modest production under the Charvin label, a mere 8,000 bottles.  Since then production has steadily increased as the proportion sold off to negociants has decreased.

The domaine consists of a little over eight hectares in three parcels in the northwestern sector of Chateauneuf, all limestone and clay soils with plenty of galets covering the soil.  Average vine age is about 45 years.  Just a single wine is produced, made from a blend of 85% Grenache, 5% Mourvedre, 5% Syrah and 5% Vaccarese.  At harvest the grapes are sorted and then lightly crushed and fermented in concrete tanks with no de-stemming whatsoever.  This very traditional winemaking lasts around three weeks for fermentation and maceration, and then a further 18 months, entirely in concrete tanks for maturation.  No oak is used at all. 

At bottling all of the wine is blended together and bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Apart from these 2,500 cases of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, a Cotes du Rhone is also produced from a separate holding of 16 hectares throughout the region.

Charvin produces finely styled Grenache based wines showing great depth and finesse

Winemaking is traditional with node-stemming and all ageing is done in cement tanks. No wood is used for the elevage of either wine. There are no secrets here, simply old vines, very low yields and minimal winemaking intervention.

Vintage 2009(TF558) $520/bottle

Vintage 2000(TF558A) $630/bottle