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Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Dom. des Sénéchaux - 2020

Name: Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Dom. des Sénéchaux
Brand: Dom. des Sénéchaux
SKU: 22574
Price: 68.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 22574 750 mL

Domaine des Sénéchaux is owned by the Cazes Family (Lynch Bages) is one of the oldest domaines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape with a history dating back to the 14th century . The estate covers 25 hectares in excellent terroir making for a robust, opulent red wine that you can enjoy today or hold for a few years.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2020

Country

France

Region

Rhône

Sub-Region

Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Producer

Dom. des Sénéchaux

Grape Variety

Grenache

Mourvèdre

Syrah

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Staff Pick Notes

The ancient vineyard of Châteauneuf-du-Pape became world famous when the Popes settled in Avignon in 1350. It later became the first French appellation d’origine contrôlée in 1933. Lying in the heart of this illustrious appellation, the 14th-century Domaine des Sénéchaux is among the region’s oldest wineries. This estate was taken over by the Cazes family (of Lynch-Bages fame, in Bordeaux) in 2006, and the quality has soared ever since. Notes of forest floor, moss, licorice, and sweet spice lend complexity to pristine cassis and black cherry. It's a succulent wine laden with rich black fruit and ripe, integrated tannins that murmur on the finish. 47% Grenache Noir, 32% Syrah, 19% Mourvèdre, and 2% Cinsault-Vaccarèse. Paired wonderfully with a cassoulet of butter beans and lamb merguez sausages.

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Glossary

Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

Mourvèdre

Known as Mataro in California and Monastrell in Spain, Mourvèdre can produce bold, tannic, highly alcoholic red wines. They usually show no shortage of fruit as well, and the best examples keep it all in perfect balance. Rhône-style blends are cropping up all over the world, and one of the classic tried-and-true combinations is "GSM," or Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre. The "M" contributes focus and fleshy character to blends - but Mourvèdre also shines on its own as a varietal wine.

Rhône

Prestige in the north, value in the south: that’s the quick version of the Rhône story. Southern village appellations produce a dizzying stylistic range of delicious wines, while the prices for northern “trophy” bottles can be dizzyingly high. If you like smoky, leathery, earthy, macho red wines, however, the wines of the northern Rhône are well worth it. Prestigious northern Rhône appellations include Condrieu, Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, and St.-Joseph. In the southern Rhône, look to the village...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...