Domaine la Roquète (Famille Brunier), Piedlong, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France 2021 merch 10% Cinsault

10% Cinsault

The wine contains grapes sourced primarily from vineyards in Alexander Valley

Brilliant in color

and the fruit is pure and elegant

Fresh off several vintages with Domaine Hudelot-Noellat and barely 30 years old

Domaine la Roquète (Famille Brunier), Piedlong, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France 2021 merch 10% CinsaultHistorically, La Crau bottling from the Bruniers has been their flagship wine, their grand cru of sorts. In 2011 they decided to isolate the fruit from a promising vineyard with galet littered soil from a separate plateau known as Piedlong, which lies at the summit of the appellation. This bottling might be, in essence, their other grand cru. Piedlong is a vineyard inherited from Daniel and Frdric Bruniers grandmother over thirty five years ago, but