Glengarry Event Report

VIRTUAL TASTING - MONT REDON CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE WITH PIERRE FABRE

Event Venue	ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Event Date	7:00pm Thursday 23 July

Our virtual tasting of the wines of Mont Redon was a very special one. Pierre Fabre was due to visit us in April 2020, the samples sent everything in place and then with Covid19, lock down in New Zealand the trip was cancelled. So, with the wine here in New Zealand and a few virtual tastings under our belt, we invited Pierre to join us online to present via Zoom, the tasting he’d planned. The tasting started with the excellent rose Saint Max. The label a new addition to the Mont Redon range, the 2019 Cote du Provence replacing the previous Riotor Rose that Mont Redon sold. Vibrant aromatic and very pleasing. Next, we turned our attention to Cote du Rhone, Blanc and Rouge. The Blanc is Viognier dominant, the red a traditional Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre blend. We then tasted the 2018 Mont Redon Gigondas, not yet available in New Zealand (due September 2020) What a wine, we can’t wait for this to arrive on our shelves. That was flight one done and dusted. Flight two was all about Chateauneuf du Pape, starting with the Blanc. From the white we moved to a flight of three red Chateauneuf du Pape’s, starting with the two 2016 – Chateau Mont Redon and Le Plateau Mont Redon. Syrah takes the lead in both wines, joined in the first with a good portion of Grenache and Mourvèdre, rounded out with a mix of the other thirteen permitted varieties in the rhone. Le Plateau is Syrah and Grenache, the Mourvèdre in 2016 not making the cut. Both destemmed 100% and sorted through the optical sorter, Le Plateau a singular cuvee solely off the area with pebbles in the vineyard. The Chateau, the main cuvee from all three soil types on their one single estate. The final wine was the 1989 Chateauneuf du Pape. A big thank you to Pierre for joining us all the way from Chateauneuf du Pape and to all those who attended. There's a full review of the tasting on our blog www.aboutwine.co.nz