Domaine de la Solitude Chateauneuf-du-Pape Reserve Secrete, Rhone, France 2020 Italian Red Clay-limestone set on a sandstone

Clay-limestone set on a sandstone rock with calcareous precipitation placed on the highest and poorest areas

Produced at Destileria La Fortaleza (aka Tequila Los Abuelos)

The vineyards were planted when the Chave family arrived in Hermitage in the late 19th Century after phylloxera had devastated much of France

offering the precision of a top grower Champagne with the charm and complexity of a world class rosé

yet seamless mouthfeel

Domaine de la Solitude Chateauneuf-du-Pape Reserve Secrete, Rhone, France 2020 Italian Red Clay-limestone set on a sandstoneFlorent Lancon is the 8th generation of his family to make wine at Solitude. They are located in the best part of CDP, the La Crau peninsula. He is a descendant of the 12thcentury Barberini family of Rome, and has a Pope and two Cardinals on his family tree. They were also the first family to bottle and label a Chateauneuf du Pape in the 17thcentury. The Grenache are from the oldest part of the Domaine de la Solitude, planted by my great grandfather