Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2022
by Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange
- Grape variety
- Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre
- Region
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône (AOC Châteauneuf-du-Pape), France
- Style
- red
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- Vintage
- 2022
Price: CHF 39 In stock
About this wine
Châteauneuf-du-Pape is built on galets roulés — the large rounded boulders that tile its vineyards, store heat during the day and radiate it back through the cold nights, pushing ripeness where the Mediterranean sun alone would not reach. Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange has been working this land since 1974, founded by Jean Claude Mestre and Monique Jeune and now run by their daughter Corinne and her sons Jules and Louis. Eleven hectares across seven plots, all hand-harvested. The blend is classic Châteauneuf: 70% Grenache as the generous, aromatic backbone; 15% Syrah for spice and structure; 15% Mourvèdre for depth and ageing potential. Forty-year average vine age, low yields of 30 hectolitres per hectare. 100% destemmed; half the wine aged twelve months in oak. A wine built for the long table.
Tasting notes
Deep garnet with dark, brooding depth. The nose is complex and generous — dried cherry and red fruit compote unfold alongside dried flowers and wild spices, with pepper, cinnamon and smoky notes of leather adding further layers. On the palate, very full-bodied and rich with firm, well-integrated tannins and a long finish that carries game, liquorice and garrigue. Everything in its place. Built to age.
Aromas
dried cherry, red fruit compote, dried flowers, black pepper, garrigue, leather, liquorice
Critic scores
- Parker: 93
- Jancis Robinson: 16
- Vivino: 4.1
- Suckling: 93
- Decanter: 92
- Falstaff: 92
Structure
body medium-full · tannin high · acidity medium · sweetness dry
Serving
Serve at 17–19°C · Drink 2025–2038
Food pairings
Roast rack of lamb, Beef daube Provençal, Duck with olives and thyme, Aged hard cheese
Best for
Long Sunday lunch. Nothing light on the menu.
From the winemaker
70% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Mourvèdre; 40-year average vine age; 11 ha across 7 plots; manual harvest; 30 hl/ha yield; 100% destemmed; half aged 12 months in oak casks; Mediterranean climate; sandy soils with large galets roulés and red clay subsoil. Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange, founded 1972; first vintage 1974; managed by Corinne Mestre and sons Jules and Louis.
Editor's note
Châteauneuf-du-Pape has been made on these galets roulés since the 14th century. Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange has been here since 1974 — three generations, seven plots, forty-year vines, thirty hectolitres per hectare. 70% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Mourvèdre. Half the wine into oak for twelve months. Dried cherry, dried flowers, pepper, garrigue, game. The kind of wine the appellation was built on.
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