In the glass
Aroma: ripe fig, black cherry, roasted coffee, earthy spice, dried rose
Palate: explosive dark fruit, silky velvet tannins, garrigue, iron minerality, sustained finish
Chaupin is a single-lieu-dit Grenache from sandy soils in the north of Chateauneuf; exceptional richness and concentration with silky but persistent tannins.
What it pairs with
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Roasted saddle of venison
Dense concentrated Grenache matches bold game flavours. -
Beef daube with black olives
Dark fruit and earthy minerality pair naturally with Provencal braised beef.
History
Chaupin is a single-parcel cuvee from the Chaupin lieu-dit in the north of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, where sandy soils produce particularly aromatic and silky Grenache. First produced in the same year as Vieilles Vignes.
- 1994 — First vintage of Chaupin cuvee from the lieu-dit of the same name
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine de la Janasse
- Grapes
- Grenache (100%)
- Classification
- Chateauneuf-du-Pape AOC
- Oak
- Old large foudres
- ABV
- 15.5%
- Price
- EUR 100-180 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8-25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1994