Symbol of the Domaine de Beaurenard, this wine is the great blended vintage, reflecting the diversity and complementarity of our soils and grape varieties.
The vintageThe 2021 vintage is once again characterized by a very mild winter, leading to early budburst of the vegetation, with serious consequences.
Indeed, during the night of April 7 to 8, a terrible episode of spring frost shook France. Temperatures dropped suddenly to -4.5°C on our Rasteau vines. The loss of harvest will be significant. Fortunately, our practices of gentle pruning and late pruning as well as the application of Valerian allowed us to contain the damage.
The season was punctuated by numerous meticulous treatments. We had to support the vines in their growth this year while keeping the strategic branches for the 2022 season. The summer was hot, without excess temperature and with cool nights. A few rains punctuated it, leading to very promising maturation of all of our plots.
The harvest took place at the estate from September 7 to October 8, over 26 harvest days. Although nearly 300mm of rain and storms marked the period, our grapes reached good maturity. Our old cups once again demonstrated their relevance. With high vines, with smaller and more airy clusters, the grapes were less exposed to humidity and its consequences. This allowed us to wait for the optimal maturity of each plot and to pick very healthy, high quality grapes throughout the harvest.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape is characterized by its diversity of soils.
Mosaic of planted plots, on limestone and pebble soils
rollers, on a bottom of clay more or less loaded with iron, and safres (fine sand).
Selection of plots, mainly old vines planted with the 13 grape varieties of the appellation.
WinemakingManual harvest, sorting of the harvest in the vines, co-fermentation, long vatting allowing delicate extraction.
AgeingAging for 12 months in truncated conical vats, tuns and barrels.
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