Domaine Du Vieux Lazaret Chateauneuf Du Pape Red

TASTING NOTES :
Deep crimson. Ripe dark berries, turning to spices. Smooth and persistent with aromatic fullness

FOOD MATCHING :
Red meat, dishes cooked in sauce, meat terrine and cheeses

TERROIR :
3 major soil types : -soils with rolled pebbles -stony terraces with sand and gravel sub-soils -clay soils formed from the limestone mother rock.

WINEMAKING :
Virtually total de-stemming, pumping over twice a day. Vatting time : 2 to 3 weeks in concrete vats. Matured for 18 monthsin vats and “foudres” (15%).

GRAPES VARIETIES :
4 grapes varieties : Cinsault – Mourvèdre – Syrah – Grenache