{"product_id":"clos-des-papes-chateauneuf-du-pape-2021-mg","title":"Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2021 MG","description":"\u003cp\u003eClos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2021 MG is a Grenache-led red from the Rhône with layered dark cherry, lavender and pepper plus cellar-worthy depth. The 2021 sits on the darker side for this estate. It feels dense, floral and quietly powerful. Open it for a serious table, or give it time in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 2021 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape comes from organically certified vineyards spread across the appellation. Grenache leads the blend, with Syrah and Mourvèdre adding darker fruit and peppery grip. The parcels sit on galets roulés, clay and sand, a mix that suits the estate’s habit of building one main red from many voices. In this MG bottling, the 2021 material feels darker and more compact than the 2022, with the stony sites showing through the tannic line.\n\nVinification at Clos des Papes follows the same whole-estate idea. The wine is raised for 18 to 20 months in large French oak foudres. The oak reads as a broad frame, with the fruit staying on black cherry, blackberry and dried flower. This dry 14.5% red carries its power through the middle palate and into a long peppered finish. The final imprint is violet, black cherry, blackberry, black pepper and lavender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompared with the estate’s 2022, this 2021 carries a deeper colour and a firmer black-fruited centre that feels built for a slow unwind in the cellar and the MG format underlines that sense of reserve. The nose opens with violet, iris and lilac before black cherry and blackberry roll in with cracked black pepper, dried rose and a touch of garrigue-like lavender. The palate is full-bodied, concentrated and dry, with velvety tannins wrapping a solid core of dark berry fruit and warm Provençal spice that runs straight through the dense middle. There is a long peppered finish, and the floral notes return after the fruit has faded from the glass for a few moments, leaving a violet echo. Drink 2025-2040.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 2021 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape wants food with browned edges and savoury depth. Try a rosemary-studded rack of lamb, roast beef with pan juices or venison loin with juniper, as the wine’s black cherry and pepper take well to meat juices. For a regional Rhône table, serve daube provençale with olives and orange peel and let the lavender note in the wine echo the herbs in the dish. Roast guinea fowl with mushrooms also suits the vintage, especially if the skin is crisp and the sauce has a little thyme. For cheese, choose aged Comté or a firm Tomme de Provence over anything too creamy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClos des Papes is the Avril family estate in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and Paul-Vincent Avril is the name most drinkers now link with its modern bottles after years of quietly exacting work among old southern Rhône vines. The estate’s clearest signature is the single red cuvée: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre from scattered parcels on varied soils are gathered into one bottling carrying the Clos des Papes name and the weight of the domaine’s best red fruit. That habit puts vineyard selection in the foreground across the year, from harvest choices to blending sessions, and the finished wine carries warm galets roulés fruit plus the darker tone of clay in one frame. Organic certification is part of the current domaine work and the 2021 shows it through clean floral detail as much as through its dense black cherry core, which feels especially clear in the violet and iris notes that open the glass. In the cellar, the domaine favours large French oak foudres for élevage and keeps the focus on blend texture and the peppery perfume that marks this 2021 from its first aromatic lift before the tannins settle into their polished line. Clos des Papes feels especially personal in vintages like this, where power is present from the first pour and the final scent still recalls lavender, black pepper and warm stone after several minutes in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clos Des Papes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252741689681,"sku":"PS-15059160859004","price":172.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/0614\/9969\/files\/CLOS_20DES_20PAPES_b90b2ff8-40d1-4aa6-8602-c3a61489a7b1.png?v=1783446475","url":"https:\/\/bottlehero.com\/products\/clos-des-papes-chateauneuf-du-pape-2021-mg","provider":"Bottle Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}