Domaine de Pignan
Marks : Jancis Robinson : 15.5/20 (England) - Robert Parker : 87-89/100
The Domaine de Pignan , located in Châteauneuf-du-Pape is led by Frederic Charvin , a winemaker looking like a rugby player ! An enthusiast who has managed to develop its wines over time. It produces wines of incomparable finesse of Châteauneuf-du-Pape some rated 90/100 by The Wine Advocate !
The area of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation expands to 3 200 hectares and has 300 producers.
13 grape varieties are allowed for the Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC.
The average age of the Domain de Pignan vines is 60 years old , and 3 of them are a hundred years old !
The production is of 35 hectolitres by hectare. The area of the vineyard is 14 hectares for the red grape varieties and 1 hectare for the white.
The wine training is traditional (soil work, short goblet training, polling, budding off, organic treatments : copper sulphate pulp, copper and sulphur with control). The wine traiting is made in the respect of the tradition, with organic fertilizer and phytosanitary treatments with control and the work is adapted according to parameters and climate, respecting nature. The soil is sandy, clayey calcareous with the famous rolled pebbles which in fact accumulate the heat of the day in order to be able to release it the night. The climate is Mediterranean. In general a lot of heat in summer but also a lot of wind (the Mistral) in winter. The Mistral has a natural effect of antibiotic on the vines. Traditional training : even the stock for grafts and the Small grafts were chosen depending on the nature of the soil and the subsoil.
For red wines
Domaine de Pignan - WORLD GRANDS CRUS
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