{"product_id":"clos-des-papes-chateauneuf-du-pape-2022-mg","title":"Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2022 MG","description":"\u003cp\u003eClos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2022 MG is a Grenache-led Rhône red with dark cherry, fennel and leather from a benchmark estate in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The 2022 has the estate's slow-burn perfume, with Mourvèdre already bringing leather and dark spice through the Grenache fruit. It feels built for a table with serious food and patient friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClos des Papes farms organically in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and this 2022 MG draws on a blend led by Grenache and Mourvèdre with Syrah and Vaccarèse and Counoise. The vineyard soils here are galets roulés with clay and limestone, a combination that suits the estate's dark fruit and savory herbal register. Those rounded stones matter in this bottle, and the fruit reads warm and ripe with aromas focused on fennel, lavender and leather. Vaccarèse and Counoise show up in the floral edge and the fine herbal detail. The estate's choice to bottle one red cuvée makes the supporting grapes part of the main story in 2022.\n\nVinification at Clos des Papes is aimed at one red Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and the 2022 is shaped through a single final blend. The wine was aged in large French oak foudres and demi-muids, and the oak presence feels broad and quiet with a low savory polish. The élevage sits behind blackberry, cherry and garrigue, rather than taking the lead in the aroma. Mourvèdre feels slightly forward at this early stage, bringing saddle leather and a darker spice note to the finish. A final trace of fennel and black tea hangs over the glass after the fruit settles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeep ruby in the glass, Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2022 MG opens with blackberry and ripe cherry over crushed plum, warm stone and dried garrigue in a compact and serious register. Fennel seed and lavender lift the nose, then saddle leather, peony and a cool menthol note make the perfume feel unmistakably Clos des Papes with lilac around the edges. The palate is medium to full-bodied and dry, with velvety tannins that feel unusually fine for a 15% Rhône red carrying this much dark fruit and spice across a layered mid-palate. Mourvèdre sits a little forward at this stage, drawing the finish toward game skin, black tea and a long echo of fennel that lingers after the cherry fades. Drink 2025-2044.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eServe Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2022 MG with roast lamb shoulder rubbed with rosemary, garlic and fennel seed, as those flavors pick up the wine's herbal depth. For a regional table, choose daube provençale with beef, black olives and orange peel, then let the leather and dark cherry notes settle into the sauce. Game is a strong direction here, especially venison loin with juniper or wild boar ragu with pappardelle. For poultry, go richer than a simple roast chicken and choose guinea fowl with mushrooms or duck legs with thyme. Aged Comté or mature sheep's cheese will suit the velvety tannins and the long savory finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClos des Papes is unusual in Châteauneuf-du-Pape for the discipline of its range, with one red wine and one white wine carrying the whole domaine name each year and the red carrying the estate's complete statement. That single-red approach puts Grenache and Mourvèdre from scattered parcels into the same final blend as Syrah and Vaccarèse and Counoise, and the 2022 draws on rolled stones over clay and limestone from different parts of the appellation. Paul-Vincent Avril runs the domaine with a notably quiet public profile, and the label has stayed almost unchanged in a region full of louder special cuvées and constant collector attention. The farming is certified organic across a vineyard base that gives this wine its mix of sun-warmed stone and black cherry and fennel and the faint leather note found in young Clos des Papes after a few minutes in the glass. In the cellar, large French oak foudres and demi-muids frame the wines with breadth and a calm texture that stays behind the fruit and leaves the garrigue scent easy to read. For this 2022 red, the producer's signature is the way a powerful 15% Rhône wine still smells of peony and lavender and crushed herbs after the darker fruit and Mourvèdre spice arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clos Des Papes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252742181201,"sku":"PS-15059165970812","price":178.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/0614\/9969\/files\/CLOS_20DES_20PAPES_32e76df9-06fd-4648-a3f8-b22c11225642.png?v=1783446479","url":"https:\/\/bottlehero.com\/products\/clos-des-papes-chateauneuf-du-pape-2022-mg","provider":"Bottle Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}