Domaine Jean Royer Chateauneuf du Pape Sables de la Crau 2023
AppellationChâteauneuf‑du‑Pape
CountryFrance
Colourred
Bottle750ml
Drink window2026–2038
The 2023 Domaine Jean Royer Cuvée Les Sables de la Crau from Châteauneuf‑du‑Pape carries a graceful perfume of wild flowers unfolding into kirsch and ripe red berries its character is refined rather than overtly muscular
Tasting
- Aroma
- wild flowers and kirsch
- Palate
- elegant red cherry purity
- Finish
- silky and graceful
Pairs with
- roast duck
- herb‑crusted lamb
- aged goat cheese
Vineyard & Cellar
- Soil
- Prestigious local La Crau, exposure Northeast Culture: Traditional farming (according to the lunar calendar). Production: 450 bottles
From the Archive
Vivid ruby-red. Intense, sharply focused red fruit liqueur, spicecake and floral scents are complicated by suggestions of smoky minerals and Asian spices. Sappy, penetrating and appealingly sweet, offering silky raspberry and lavender pastille flavors that put on weight and spread out steadily with air. Closes smooth, sweet and impressively long, displaying suave, fine-grained tannins and resonating florality.
100% Grenache.