This is a top quality, single estate, organic Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages.
Made from a blend of Grenache (50%), Syrah (25%) and Mourvèdre (25%) this is a big powerful southern Rhône wine. It has ripe, fresh spicy black fruits on the nose. The palette is full-bodied yet finely structured with a nicely balanced finish and good length.
Château Maucoil (pronounced “moh-kwahl”) in Châteauneuf-du-Pape has a longer history than most wine estates. It served as a base for Roman legions who were attracted by the spring that runs through the property and by the proximity of the Via Agrippa; it was the home of Joseph de la Pise, archivist to the Dutch royal family; and from the 17th century onwards it was owned by a succession of winegrowing families. The Arnaud family, who already owned vines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, decided to purchase the estate in 1995 and devoted a great deal of energy and passion to Château Maucoil.
The estate's old vines (the youngest are merely 40 years old; the oldest date back to 1895) grow on the appellation’s four soil types: pebbles, clay-sandstone, Urgonian limestone and, more unusually, sand. Unlike vineyards littered with the famous pebbles of the area, the fine, sandy soil doesn’t retain and transfer heat during the night, resulting in slower ripening and giving wines with more finesse.
Maucoil is one of the few Châteauneuf-du-Pape estates that has conserved all thirteen of this famous appellation's original grape varieties, and grapes must pass through three rigourous stages of manual sorting before being deemed of high enough quality to be made into wine.
A red grape variety that is widely planted around the world, particularly in southern France, South Africa and Australia. It produces full-bodied, deeply coloured wines.
Syrah wines are typically high in tannins and acidity, and can exhibit a range of flavors and aromas, including blackberry, black pepper, smoke, and leather.
Generally spicy, berry-flavored and soft on the palate, Grenache produces wine with red fruit flavours with a subtle, white pepper spice note. Complex and intense notes of blackcurrants, black cherries, black olives, coffee, gingerbread, honey, leather, black pepper, tar, spices, and roasted nuts can also be found.
The Rhône Valley has been a hub of wine culture since ancient times. Viticulture arrived with the Greeks in the 4th century BC. But it was the Romans who really established the vineyards and reputation of the area using the Rhône as their highway through France.
The region's wines are known for their richness, depth, and complexity, and their ability to age beautifully.
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