Chateau Fortia Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2021 070726OFFER holiday spice

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Santa Rosa–based winery dedicated to minimal intervention

he and his wife bought a plateau near Nîmes covered in rounded galets — the same stones you see in Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Spontaneous fermentation on fine lees builds this wine's elegant palate—ripe fruit and white flowers balanced against the limestone and mineral push that defines Sancerre at its most serious

We love the texture of this wine

Chateau Fortia Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2021 070726OFFER holiday spiceFew addresses in Chateauneuf du Pape carry the weight of Chateau Fortia. This is where Baron Pierre Le Roy basically invented the AOC system in the 1920s and 30s, drawing up the rules that French wine law and the whole appellation idea still run on today. The Tradition cuvee is the estate's calling card: a Grenache led red, rounded out with Syrah, raised in old foudres so the fruit stays in the driver's seat. It's classic southern Rhone in the old