Production Practices:
Organic - Self-Monitored.
Blend:
80% Grenache - 10% Syrah - 5% Cinsault - 5% Mourvedre
Appearance:
With the glass tilted, the wine is clear, transparent, vivid, rich cherry core that fades gradually to a deep salmon pink narrow rim.
Nose/Aromas:
Clean with low/medium intensity of raspberry and licorice.
Palate:
Dry, (with a slight sweet attack) with low tannins and medium-low acidity. The light to medium intensity of fruit characteristics are ripe red cherries (ripe red fruit). (I could be incorrect in stating that this is a similar profile to a Beaujolais although this wine is not made from the Gamay grape). No indication of alcohol burn (the alcohol level = 14.5%) indicating alcohol is well integrated into the wine.
Finish/Length:
Clean, moderate length on the finish of the fruit ripe cherries.
Clean, moderate length on the finish of the fruit ripe cherries.
Cost:
Approximate retail price: US$10.00.
Producers Notes: A little history
The Maison Brotte, is an independent family business for three generations, founded in 1931 in Châteauneuf du Pape by Charles Brotte, a pioneer in of the Rhône Valley. The business of wine merchant-producer developed with the trademark "Père Anselme" due to its emblematic Châteauneuf du Pape wine "La Fiole du Pape", an original and exclusive bottle designed in 1952. It is the bottle with the "dust and the strange shape". Maison Brotte, during the 1980's, began making wine for several appelations of the Rhône Valley in their own cellars in Châteauneuf du Pape. In 1991, by buying the Château de Bord (an estate in Laudun), the Maison Brotte has also become wine growers of the Côtes du Rhône Villages Laudun and the Côtes du Rhône appellations. This vineyard grew with the acquisition in 2003 of the Domaine de l'Aube. The Domaine de Barville, a vineyard in Châteauneuf du Pape holding that appellation, as well as the Domaine Grosset, a Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne appellation, are two estates that also belong to the Brotte family. Maison Brotte continues to develop an innovative partnership with wine growers, where each party contributes their know-how and where the two are solidly and inexorably united for the long term under the name of the marketed wine. This has been the case with Domaine de la Grivelière and their Lirac and Côtes du Rhône wines, and more recently with the Domaine du Versant Doré in the Condrieu appellation, the Arlettes in Cornas and the Domaine Bouvencourt in Vacqueras.
