DOMAINE DE LA SOLITUDE Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2020

Winemaker Notes: A bouquet nose of garrigue, flowers of cistus, blackcurrant buds. A mouth full of freshness and balance, with aromas of cocoa and Morello cherry, with a long and licorice finish.

In its youth, this vintage is perfect to pair with a shoulder of lamb 12 hour cooking in oven, roast pigeon with fungi porcini and from its fifth year, stew, Daube Provencal, all game and many cheeses.

Blend: 50% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 15% Mourvdre, and 10% Cinsault

Press Reviews

94JEB DUNNUCK

The 2020 Chteauneuf Du Pape is a big winner, with the vintages purity and elegance front and center while still bringing beautiful depth of fruit and richness. Black cherries, savory garrigue, spice, and loamy earth all emerge on the nose, and it’s medium to full-bodied, pure, balanced, and straight-up seamless on the palate.

94ROBERT PARKER’S WINE ADVOCATE

The “regular” cuve from Domaine de la Solitude is a standout in 2020. A blend of 60% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 10% each Cinsault and Mourvdre and 5% Counoise, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape boasts complex, layered aromas of garrigue, red raspberries and black cherries. Aged largely in stainless steel, it’s full-bodied, supple and silky-textured on the palate, with a long, harmonious finish. While flattering to drink young, it should continue to provide pleasure for at least another decade. Nicely done!

91WINE SPECTATOR

Perfumed and inviting, with high-toned red licorice, violet, spiced berry and plum, laced with white pepper and graphite shaving. Silky on the palate, this is a less weighty, more delicate style showing elegance. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvdre, Cinsault and Counoise.