Finds from the Vine: 2004 Chapoutier Chateauneuf-du-Pape La Bernardine Rouge - Rhone, France
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The Vail Trail, Colorado USA
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Finds from the Vine: 2004 Chapoutier Chateauneuf-du-Pape La Bernardine Rouge -
Rhone, France
By Jarrett Osborn
It's rabbit season. It's duck season. No, it's rabbit season. It's duck season.
No, it's baseball season.
Amazingly, these are all true here in Colorado in the middle of October, thanks
to the Rockies' late-season run. But the first two matter to us, since braised
rabbit with mushrooms, or roast duck, and venison or even elk, call for a rich
and gamy red wine. Try the 2004 Chapoutier "La Bernardine" Chateauneuf-du-Pape,
from the southern Rhone region in France. This hearty blend of 90 percent
grenache and 10 percent syrah is an old-world style of wine, with leathery
tannins, big dried cherry and berry flavors, strong earth, white pepper and
game meats on the finish. After breathing for 15-20 minutes, a lovely floral
note and even more dark berry and tobacco flavors come forward.
Winemaker, and owner, Michel Chapoutier ages the "La Bernardine" for 12 to 15
months in French oak barrels. The grapes used for this wine come from vines
averaging 45 years old, giving the wine a graphite, almost steely
characteristic. This wine costs around $40 on the shelf.
Michel Chapoutier took over his family's company in 1990, and immediately began
its renaissance. By reducing yields in the vineyard, and embracing new
technology while eliminating pesticides, he brought his family's 190-year-old
winery to the pinnacle of the wine world. Chapoutier's Braille labels, first
used in 1996, pay tribute to Monier de la Sizeranne, vineyard owner and the
inventor of the first version of abbreviated Braille.
- Jarrett Osborn, Riverwalk Wine & Spirits
http://www.vailtrail.com/article/20071010/VALLEYLIFE12/71010007
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