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2010 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Cuvée Réservée, Domaine du Pegau, Rhône

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - youthful
Product: 20108007775
2010 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Cuvée Réservée, Domaine du Pegau, Rhône

Description

Rhône 2010 Berrys' Best Buys - Star Performers in Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Traditional and complex are the words that spring to mind every time I taste the wines from Pegau. They never fail to reveal an almost ethereal nose of Asian spice, kirsch and roasted meat characteristics followed by a rich all-encompassing palate.
(Stuart Rae, BBR Fine Wine)

The 2010 Cuvée Reservée is a real treat. The wine is a blend, and as the vineyards, with the exception of the Syrah, are co-planted, one can only advise of its approximate make-up of 80% Grenache, 12% Syrah, 4% Mourvèdre and 4% a variety of varietals. My ill-disciplined, excited tasting note runs as follows; ‘ Meaty, perfumed, violets, forest floor, black cherry and black tea, peat, herbal, fine acidity and incredibly elegant tannins, poetry’..so there we are.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer, February 2012

One must always expect the unexpected chez Pegau. This time we were greeted by a disembodied voice, seemingly from a distant echo chamber. It turned out that Laurence was cleaning out a foudre, from the inside, and had overlooked our arrival time. This hands-on approach is typical of an extraordinarily energetic vigneronne, who has risen to the very top by a winning and somewhat paradoxical combination of dogged determination and sheer hard work, flavoured with a dose of humility. Pegau is now seen as the very best of the ‘traditional’ Châteauneuf wines, most eloquently illustrated by the 2010s.

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2010
Maturity Ready - youthful
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine de Pegau

About this wine

Domaine de Pegau

The Feraud family of Domaine du Pegau, including daughter Laurence and the father Paul, are fervent proponents of the most traditional wine-making style of Provence and Rhone. It is widely regarded as one of the leading producers in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The property in Châteauneuf is made up of eleven separate vineyard parcels spread throughout the Courthézon,La Solitude and Bédarrides sector of the appellation.  The Châteauneuf  red (a small quantity of white is also produced) is a blend of 75% Grenache, 20% Syrah, with the remaining 5% being made up of Mourvèdre, Counoise and other varieties. The grapes are hand harvested and are then fermented without being de-stemmed. The cuvaison lasts for 12-15 days and the wine is then aged for around 18 months in old oak foudres. No fining or filtration is carried out. The Cuvée Laurence is the same wine as the Cuvée Réservée but is kept in wooden cask for another 18-24 months before being bottled. These are rich, robust and concentrated wines, which tend to show at their best with 7-8 years of bottle age. Pegau’s expanding wine production comprises the estate in Chateauneuf du Pape (approximately 47 acres) a vin de pays, a vin de table,  a negociant label (Laurence Feraud, mostly Cotes du Rhones) and a second negociant line-up sold under the moniker Feraud-Brunel, which Laurence oversees along with Andre Brunel. Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee da Capo is produced from the appellation’s well-known sector known as La Crau.
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