Presentation

Domaine de Beaurenard, property of the Coulon family, affirms its singularity within the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation through the diversity of its soils, its culture of complanted grape varieties, and its biodynamic farming.
Historical production, this Châteauneuf-du-Pape is the white “Grand assemblage” from the estate. The harmonious interlacing of its six grape varieties creates an elegant, fresh and saline wine.

The vintage

2024 will be remembered as a winemaker vintage. A year where the terroir and the commitment of the winemakers truly matters. The heart of winter, cold and dry, was quickly swept away by higher temperatures and abundant rains, leading to an exceptionally early bud break (initially, more than 10 days ahead of 2023!). Numerous temperature variations marked the spring. Favorable to a slowdown in the vegetative cycle, they resulted in significant coulure. This was followed by more heavy rains and a nearly tropical permanent humidity, particularly favorable to diseases such as mildew.

Precision, responsiveness, and adaptation were the key words of the season. There was no room for chance. Every gesture, every plant decoction, every application of silica or other treatment was calculated. On the morning of July 12th, in addition to this meteorological frenzy, a sudden hailstorm struck, concentrated in the northwest sector of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, devastating in minutes months and years of care.

Despite these extreme events, we tirelessly continued our care until the harvest. It is clear that nature remains wonderful. Our biodynamic and regenerative farming practices, along with our manual gestures continuously adapted to the specifics of each vintage, each plot, and each vine, pays off. Although significantly lighter in grapes, the vines managed to draw from the soil of our great terroirs the resources necessary for their recovery and the deep, authentic maturation of the grapes. The harvest began gently on September 3rd and concluded on October 1st. A rigorous sorting of of the harvest, combined with delicate vinifications, allowed us to obtain intense, deep, and balanced juices. The first promise of beautiful wines to come.

Terroir

Châteauneuf-du-Pape is characterized by the diversity of its soils, with a mosaic of plots where different varieties grow together on limestone rock, round pebbles on a clay substrate with varying amounts of iron, and fine sedimentary sand.

In the vineyard

The grapes are hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard.

Winemaking

Long, gentle pressing and co-fermentation.

Ageing

Maturing in stainless steel vats, small foudres and oak barrels for 6 months.

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