Château La Nerthe Cuvée des Cadettes
Château la Nerthe
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Château La Nerthe experiences a perfect winter with mild temperatures then a perfect spring, which benets from rainfalls free of frost allowing water reserves renewal. The very hot summer reinforces vineyard sanitary conditions, leading to produce a vintage already noted as exceptional, one of the best since the legendary 1990!
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- Wine Country
- France
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- Grape varieties wine
- Cinsaut, Grenache, Mouvèdre, Syrah
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- Wine-food combination
- To drink with lamb or beef stew with ‘grand veneur’ sauce, duck fillet.
About this wine
Description & facts
The vineyards of Château La Nerthe are a mosaic of 57 plots in which all the 4 main soil types of Châteauneuf du Pape are represented. They grow 13 grape varieties on 92 hectares, most of them surrounded at the château. These vineyards enjoy an exceptional location, the comprises terraces and hillsides typical of local soils with clay-limestone pebbles. The other 32 hectares forming the area of La Crau lie on a clay rich soil, covered with worn flat pebbles and some sandstone. Together, these plots cover the entire diverse range of soils of the appellation making the style of La Nerthe the whole, complete expression of the complexity of Châteauneuf du Pape.
The 13 varieties of the appellation are “raised” to produce very complex and elegant wines with delicate aromas. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault are the major components when blending the red wines. Grenache blanc, Roussanne, Clairette and Bourboulenc give birth to expressive and balanced white wines. The crop is hand-harvested at optimum ripeness to allow each grape variety to fully express its finesse. Château La Nerthe works completely organic since 1998 and have the ECOCERT certification.
- Producer
- Château la Nerthe
- Country of origin
- France
- Wine Region
- The plots that make up the Cuvée are mainly based on sandy and clayey soils providing an outstanding quality of tannins.
- Classification
- AOC Châteauneuf du Pape
- Vintage
- 2016
- Grape varieties wine
- Cinsaut, Grenache, Mouvèdre, Syrah
- % of grape varieties wine
- Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault
- Tasting note
- This deep ruby intense Grenache blend offers a very expressive nose, full of black cherry, blackcurrant and sweet spices notes. The palate is fresh, well-balanced, enhances with graphite and boysenberries aromas. Perfectly matured tannins give the feeling of a long, fullbodied and elegant wine that can age for 20 years at least.
- Wine-food combination
- To drink with lamb or beef stew with ‘grand veneur’ sauce, duck fillet.
- Vinification
- The grapes are hand picked and directly sorted when arriving in the cellar. The 3 grape varietals are put all together in the same wooden tank where the fermentation takes place. Pumping overs and punching downs are done during fermentation to ensure the best extraction of the berries compounds. The maceration lasts 3 weeks. The final blend aged for 12 months partly in large wooden casks and partly in new oak barrels.
- Location Vineyard
- The plots that make up the Cuvée are mainly based on sandy and clayey soils providing an outstanding quality of tannins.
- Soil
- The plots that make up the Cuvée are mainly based on sandy and clayey soils providing an outstanding quality of tannins.
- Closure
- Cork
- Serving temperature
- 14-16°C
- Ageing potential
- Can already be served after decanting, but has aging potential until at least 2035.