from traditionalist Francesco Rinaldi in the great 2010 vintage
selling fruit to the big houses for decades before turning to bottling their own
this vintage offers refined structure and mineral precision
and dramatic day-night temperature swings produce Cannonau (Grenache) of stunning purity and lift
Fermented with whole clusters and aged in used barrels
La Cote de L'Ange, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, 2010 111524NEW from traditionalist Francesco Rinaldi inA family Chateauneuf du Pape from a small, traditional estate in the heart of the appellation, now showing the rewards of cellar age. The Mestre family has worked these galets strewn vineyards since the early 1970s, hand harvesting Grenache led blends rounded out with Mourvedre and Syrah. This 2010 hails from one of the southern Rhone's most celebrated vintages, a year that produced structured, long lived wines, and at fifteen years old it has shed