{"product_id":"clos-du-mont-olivet-cuvee-papet-chateauneuf-du-pape-2020","title":"Clos du Mont-Olivet Cuvee Papet Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eClos du Mont-Olivet Cuvee Papet Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 is a Grenache-led Rhône red with black cherry, pepper, lavender and serious long cellar depth. This is the estate’s serious Papet bottling in a structured 2020 frame. It has the grip and perfume for a long stay in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClos du Mont-Olivet Cuvee Papet Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 comes from the southern Rhône mix of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The blend places Grenache in front, with Syrah and Mourvèdre adding darker fruit and savoury corners. The estate farms sustainably for this bottling. The soils named for this wine are galets roulés, clay and limestone, which you feel as warmth, breadth and chalky grip in the glass. Cuvée Papet sits apart from the estate’s main Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and the 2020 shows that choice in its darker colour and serious tannin. The fruit profile in 2020 reaches black cherry and raspberry, with a lavender edge that marks the wine before the first sip.\n\nIn the cellar, the wine is aged in large old French oak foudres. The oak reads as a steady frame, with fruit, pepper and dried herb in front. At 15% alcohol, this is full in scale and dry in finish. Dryness is important here as it gives the ripe fruit a savoury line through the mouth. The old foudre ageing fits the Papet style, where texture carries the wine more than obvious wood flavour. You taste black pepper, garrigue and chalky grip across the finish. The final impression in the glass is peppery tannin over dark cherry skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the glass, Clos du Mont-Olivet Cuvee Papet Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 sits in a deep ruby shade, with a darker rim than the estate’s regular Châteauneuf and a slow staining tear. The nose moves through black cherry and crushed raspberry; lavender leads into ground pepper, dried thyme and a dark rock note. The palate is full-bodied and compact, with ripe tannins that gather across the middle of the tongue and hold the fruit in a firm line. Syrah and Mourvèdre deepen the Grenache core, adding savoury meat tones, black olive and a faint smoky edge to the long finish. The dry finish leaves cherry skin, chalk dust and peppercorn warmth, and it asks for patience in a cool cellar through its dense 2020 frame. Drink 2026-2045.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eServe Clos du Mont-Olivet Cuvee Papet Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 with côte de boeuf, especially if the meat has a hard sear and a spoonful of peppery jus. Its tannic frame has the grip for lamb shoulder roasted with garlic and rosemary. For game, choose roast venison with juniper sauce, or wild boar ragù over wide ribbons of pasta. A regional choice is daube provençale, where slow-braised beef, orange peel and olives meet the wine’s black cherry fruit and garrigue scent. For cheese, go to aged Comté, tomme de brebis or a firm alpine-style wheel with nutty depth and a salty rind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClos du Mont-Olivet is one of the Sabon family domaines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with a cellar identity tied to patient élevage, large old casks and a measured reading of Grenache across its reds; that pattern feels recognisable here. In Cuvée Papet, that identity feels especially clear in the way the wine carries spice and dark cherry through foudre-shaped texture, with lavender and pepper set ahead of sweet oak tones in the aromatic order. Papet refers to the Provençal word often used for grandfather, and the cuvée has the feel of a family marker inside the Clos du Mont-Olivet range, down to its sturdier tannin and darker fruit. The domaine keeps several Châteauneuf-du-Pape bottlings, and this one carries the more structured side of the estate through black cherry depth, peppery grip and the long dry finish shown in 2020. The blend of Grenache with Syrah and Mourvèdre is handled in a traditional register here, with the large foudre aging giving the wine breadth, savoury reach and a quiet old-cellar edge over the long élevage. The producer’s most telling signature in this bottle is its preference for old casks; the final glass smells of black pepper and warm stones, with raspberry skin pressed into the tannins and a dark herbal note lingering after the swallow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clos du Mont-Olivet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252715639121,"sku":"PS-8006080233672","price":733.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/0614\/9969\/files\/daldsls.png?v=1783446239","url":"https:\/\/bottlehero.com\/products\/clos-du-mont-olivet-cuvee-papet-chateauneuf-du-pape-2020","provider":"Bottle Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}