Châteauneuf du Pape Piedlong 2022 Famille Brunier
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Product Details
- Format
- 75 cl
- Region
- VALLEE DU RHONE
- Vintage
- 2022
- Ranking
- VILLAGE
- Appellation
- CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE
- Degree
- 15°
- Color
- ROUGE
- Country
- FRANCE
- Author
- Emily
A profound and silky Châteauneuf, mingling black fruits and noble spices, with irresistible elegance.
The Châteauneuf-du-Pape Piedlong 2022 from the Brunier Family is one of the most singular and characteristic cuvées from this great house in Bédarrides, a Châteauneuf with Bandol overtones, dominated by old-vine Grenache and nourished by a touch of Mourvèdre that gives it a spicy, smoky and profound personality that few Châteauneufs can claim. Born from the highest point of the appellation, it embodies the vision of precision and balance that has been the signature of the Brunier family for six generations, a family that, since Henri Brunier in 1891, has helped write the history of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
The terroir of Piedlong
The Piedlong lieu-dit is one of the most exceptional and confidential sites in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, the highest point of the entire designated area, located in the Bédarrides sector on recent geological formations some 3 million years old composed of quartzite galets, micaceous fossiliferous sands and reddish molassic sandstone. This high-altitude terroir, exposed to mistral winds that naturally cleanse the vines and intensify the aromatic concentration of grapes, is combined with parcels from the Pignan lieu-dit to compose this cuvée. The blend is characteristic and consistent, 90% Grenache aged 70 years and 10% Mourvèdre aged 50 years, an unusually high proportion of Mourvèdre for Châteauneuf and precisely the key to this cuvée's distinctly different personality. Grenache brings its natural generosity, roundness and sunny fruitiness, while Mourvèdre, the defining grape of Bandol, infuses spicy and smoky notes of liquorice, lavender, griottine and violet, formidable tannic structure and exceptional ageing potential. Vinification is traditional and precise, light crushing and selective destemming, long fermentation of at least 30 days in concrete and wooden vats under controlled temperatures, pneumatic pressing, systematic malolactic fermentation, then ageing for 20 to 22 months in 60-hectolitre French oak foudres. Bottled without fining or filtration.
Tasting profile, 2022
The 2022 vintage, unanimously hailed as very appealing throughout the southern Rhône Valley, expresses itself on Piedlong with generosity and depth that spans the full aromatic palette typical of the blend. The colour is a dark and dense garnet red, bright and of fine depth. The nose is immediately rich and complex, the Grenache-marked aromatic palette expressing itself between fruit and flower, faded rose, pot-pourri, cherry in eau-de-vie, wild dark berries, before Mourvèdre deploys its distinctive signature, liquorice, lavender, griottine, violet, garrigue, camphor and black olive, a spicy and smoky bouquet of rare depth and elegance. On the palate, the texture is long and well diffused, round and vinous with remarkable tannic density, muscular but ripe tannins born from slow maceration and old-vine Mourvèdre, carrying a finish of impressive persistence and nobility. A wine of great ageing potential, to be left alone until 2026-2028, and destined for the next fifteen years.
The domain
The Brunier Family has watched over the fortunes of Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe for six generations. Henri Brunier in 1891, Hippolyte, Jules, Henri II, then Frédéric and Daniel, the fifth generation who took over the estate in the early 1980s, and today Nicolas, Edouard and Manon who joined them between 2015 and 2018. The Brunier vineyard spans 98 hectares in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, chiefly on the mythic La Crau plateau, with the Piedlong parcels as the highest point of the whole. The family also owns Domaine Les Pallières in Gigondas, in partnership with Kermit Lynch, and Domaine Massaya in Lebanon. The style of the family's wines, conceived with admirable rigour, makes no concessions to the fashion for power, instead privileging balance, freshness and refinement, even when alcohol levels are generous.
Food and wine pairings
This Châteauneuf-du-Pape Piedlong will pair sublimely with venison Wellington with mushroom and black garlic duxelles, a seven-hour leg of lamb with Provençal herbs, jugged hare, rack of lamb with black olives or game birds such as roasted woodcock. It will also find fine harmony with aged cheeses of great quality such as very old Comté or Roquefort. Decanting for at least two hours is advised in its youth. Served between 16 and 18°C, it will progressively reveal all the spicy depth and pedigree of a Châteauneuf-du-Pape of unique personality.
The terroir of Piedlong
The Piedlong lieu-dit is one of the most exceptional and confidential sites in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, the highest point of the entire designated area, located in the Bédarrides sector on recent geological formations some 3 million years old composed of quartzite galets, micaceous fossiliferous sands and reddish molassic sandstone. This high-altitude terroir, exposed to mistral winds that naturally cleanse the vines and intensify the aromatic concentration of grapes, is combined with parcels from the Pignan lieu-dit to compose this cuvée. The blend is characteristic and consistent, 90% Grenache aged 70 years and 10% Mourvèdre aged 50 years, an unusually high proportion of Mourvèdre for Châteauneuf and precisely the key to this cuvée's distinctly different personality. Grenache brings its natural generosity, roundness and sunny fruitiness, while Mourvèdre, the defining grape of Bandol, infuses spicy and smoky notes of liquorice, lavender, griottine and violet, formidable tannic structure and exceptional ageing potential. Vinification is traditional and precise, light crushing and selective destemming, long fermentation of at least 30 days in concrete and wooden vats under controlled temperatures, pneumatic pressing, systematic malolactic fermentation, then ageing for 20 to 22 months in 60-hectolitre French oak foudres. Bottled without fining or filtration.
Tasting profile, 2022
The 2022 vintage, unanimously hailed as very appealing throughout the southern Rhône Valley, expresses itself on Piedlong with generosity and depth that spans the full aromatic palette typical of the blend. The colour is a dark and dense garnet red, bright and of fine depth. The nose is immediately rich and complex, the Grenache-marked aromatic palette expressing itself between fruit and flower, faded rose, pot-pourri, cherry in eau-de-vie, wild dark berries, before Mourvèdre deploys its distinctive signature, liquorice, lavender, griottine, violet, garrigue, camphor and black olive, a spicy and smoky bouquet of rare depth and elegance. On the palate, the texture is long and well diffused, round and vinous with remarkable tannic density, muscular but ripe tannins born from slow maceration and old-vine Mourvèdre, carrying a finish of impressive persistence and nobility. A wine of great ageing potential, to be left alone until 2026-2028, and destined for the next fifteen years.
The domain
The Brunier Family has watched over the fortunes of Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe for six generations. Henri Brunier in 1891, Hippolyte, Jules, Henri II, then Frédéric and Daniel, the fifth generation who took over the estate in the early 1980s, and today Nicolas, Edouard and Manon who joined them between 2015 and 2018. The Brunier vineyard spans 98 hectares in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, chiefly on the mythic La Crau plateau, with the Piedlong parcels as the highest point of the whole. The family also owns Domaine Les Pallières in Gigondas, in partnership with Kermit Lynch, and Domaine Massaya in Lebanon. The style of the family's wines, conceived with admirable rigour, makes no concessions to the fashion for power, instead privileging balance, freshness and refinement, even when alcohol levels are generous.
Food and wine pairings
This Châteauneuf-du-Pape Piedlong will pair sublimely with venison Wellington with mushroom and black garlic duxelles, a seven-hour leg of lamb with Provençal herbs, jugged hare, rack of lamb with black olives or game birds such as roasted woodcock. It will also find fine harmony with aged cheeses of great quality such as very old Comté or Roquefort. Decanting for at least two hours is advised in its youth. Served between 16 and 18°C, it will progressively reveal all the spicy depth and pedigree of a Châteauneuf-du-Pape of unique personality.