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Château de Montfaucon, Lirac Rouge 'Vin de M. Le Baron', 2017

£56.00

AOC Lirac Rouge

16 different grape varieties

15%

This wine harks back to the old Southern Rhône practice of planting many different varieties in the same parcel, harvesting them together and then co-fermenting. Nowadays, the grapes are picked over 3 different passes to ensure all varieties are picked at optimal ripeness.

The blend is 16 different varieties, co-fermented, and includes 10% white varieties. It spends 2 years in barrel before an extended time in bottle before release.

The label is an original label from the 1800s.

AOC Lirac Rouge

16 different grape varieties

15%

This wine harks back to the old Southern Rhône practice of planting many different varieties in the same parcel, harvesting them together and then co-fermenting. Nowadays, the grapes are picked over 3 different passes to ensure all varieties are picked at optimal ripeness.

The blend is 16 different varieties, co-fermented, and includes 10% white varieties. It spends 2 years in barrel before an extended time in bottle before release.

The label is an original label from the 1800s.

We could go on about how Montfaucon was established in the 11th century; an imposing castle that looks out over Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the other side of the Rhône. However what we really want to tell you about is their Rosé; Tavel and Lirac Rosés in the deeper coloured, textured styles that so many of us would like to see more of and had us convinced we needed to work with Léon and Rudolphe immediately.

Rudolphe took over the running of the estate in 1995; his great great uncle Baron Louis acquired it back in 1880, although vines have been grown here since Roman times. Rudolphe knows his way around the Rhône varieties, having trained at Vieux Télégraphe in Châteauneuf-du-Pape just across the river, and at Henschke in Australia.

The family have sizeable holdings across multiple AOCs, soils and aspects, including a parcel of 150-year-old Clairette.