{"product_id":"domaine-charvin-charvin-chateauneuf-du-pape-2020","title":"Domaine Charvin Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine Charvin Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 is a Grenache-led red from the Rhône, full of blackberry, lavender and stony garrigue perfume and spice. Charvin gives this 2020 its traditional frame in concrete, with Grenache joined by Mourvèdre, Syrah, Vaccarèse and Counoise. It feels dark, scented and quietly serious from the first pour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDomaine Charvin Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 comes from organically farmed vines rooted in sandy, stony garrigue soils with large galets roulés across the surface. Grenache leads the blend, with Mourvèdre and Syrah adding dark shoulders under the fruit. Vaccarèse and Counoise bring a lifted herbal edge, which is a small Charvin detail that matters in this bottle. The rounded stones and scrubland setting show up as warm raspberry skin, dried lavender and a faint dusting of pepper. That mix of fruit and dry herb scent feels tied to this estate’s old-school Châteauneuf-du-Pape blend.\n\nIn the cellar, the 2020 stays close to the domaine’s traditional line. Fermentation is carried out with whole bunches, then the wine spends 21 months in concrete vats. The concrete élevage leaves the fruit clear, the tannins close-grained and the garrigue notes easy to pick out. Charvin’s single Châteauneuf-du-Pape red cuvée gathers the estate into one wine, so the supporting grapes are part of the main story. The finished wine is dry and 14.5% alcohol. Its imprint is blackberry, anise and lavender over savory stem spice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeep ruby in the glass, the 2020 Charvin opens with raspberry preserve, blackberry and a floral lavender note that sits above the darker fruit and gives the first sniff a perfumed lift. Air brings anise, rose petal and cracked black pepper, then a savory thyme note that feels like the stones and scrubland around Châteauneuf-du-Pape after a hot day. The palate is full and layered with silky tannins, a clean concrete-shaped line and a dark core of Grenache warmth that keeps building toward the middle with blackberry and raspberry returning after each sip. The finish carries liquorice, black pepper and dried thyme for a long stretch, with 14.5% alcohol folded into the wine’s ripe southern Rhône profile and a final echo of lavender. Drink from 2025 to 2035.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 2020 Charvin has dark fruit, anise and pepper that suit lamb shoulder roasted with a crust of garlic and rosemary and served with black olives. For a regional match, serve it with daube Provençale, where slow-cooked beef and orange peel meet the wine’s lavender and thyme notes. Game is a strong choice here; venison loin with juniper or wild boar ragù picks up the Mourvèdre depth and the wine’s savory concrete-aged finish. At the cheese board, choose aged Comté or a firm mountain tomme, then add saucisson sec for the bottle’s black pepper snap and aniseed length. Duck breast with blackberry jus is another strong route for this Grenache-led Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with the sauce drawing out the bottle’s darker 2020 core and long herbal finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDomaine Charvin stands out in Châteauneuf-du-Pape for bottling one red cuvée from its estate fruit, a patient choice that puts the full domaine voice in a single label and keeps the conversation focused on the blend itself. For the 2020 Domaine Charvin Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Grenache leads from the front with raspberry warmth and Mourvèdre and Syrah give the wine a darker frame under the fruit. Vaccarèse and Counoise remain important to the house style in this bottle, bringing the herbal lift and slightly wild edge that make the aromatics feel recognisably Charvin after a few minutes in glass. The cellar is known for whole-bunch fermentation and long ageing in concrete vats, and the 2020 carries that signature through peppery stem spice with close tannin and direct fruit. The domaine farms organically, and this 2020 smells closely tied to its sandy garrigue setting with sun-warmed galets roulés and crushed thyme under the dry floral note of lavender. Open a glass after an hour in a decanter and the producer signature is easy to spot: black pepper, anise and raspberry rising from a deep ruby core.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Charvin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252720587089,"sku":"PS-8006085542088","price":39.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/0614\/9969\/files\/CHARVIN_a0fae4a9-2020-4c5e-a83d-1d35615fa147.png?v=1783446266","url":"https:\/\/bottlehero.com\/products\/domaine-charvin-charvin-chateauneuf-du-pape-2020","provider":"Bottle Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}