Domaine Pierre Usseglio Chateauneuf du Pape 2020
AppellationChâteauneuf‑du‑Pape
CountryFrance
ColourRed
Alcohol15.5%
Bottle750ml
Drink window2024‑2036
A wonderfully balanced Châteauneuf‑du‑Pape, this domaine’s 2020 vintage offers layers of ripe blackberry and darker cherry fruit with lifted spice, violets and subtle garrigue notes. It is supple and elegantly structured, medium‑bodied with a polished, layered texture and a generous, rounded finish.
Tasting
- Aroma
- ripe blackberry, darker cherry, spice, violets, garrigue
- Palate
- medium‑bodied, polished and layered texture
- Finish
- good, rounded finish
Pairs with
- Slow‑braised lamb shoulder
- Herb‑roasted leg of lamb
- Garrigue‑seasoned duck breast
Vineyard & Cellar
- Soil
- Sand, clay, limestone and rolled pebbles. This diversity of terroir allows us to obtain complex and balanced wines
- Vinification
- Our red Châteauneuf-du-Pape is made in the traditional way. The vines are between 35 and 75 years old. The grapes harvested manually, are destemmed at 60%. Fermentation is followed by thermoregulation, it lasts 25 to 35 days.
- Aging
- Breeding: The wines are aged in oak barrels, in 1/2 muids, in concrete vats and barrels over a period of 12 months.
From the Archive
Type of
Tasting: Our Tradition has aromas of red fruits and black fruits; blackberry and blueberry, as well as spicy notes.
It is a concentrated and structured wine, it is a wine for aging. We recommend tasting it in 6-8 years.