Event

Open Bottle - Phillipe saint Cyrille Chateau Neuf!

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Time: 04:00pm - 08:00pm

Type: Wine Tasting

Location: The Wine Cabinet

Event Free

Every Thursday from 4:00 until 8:00 pm we open a special bottle of wine and offer to you at a highly discounted price.
The wines are typically 90 points or better and are discounted 20-40%. Sometimes even more! when we can get special pricing from our vendors , we pass the savings along to you!!
Come in on Thursday and sample. If you can't make it, call us and we can put some aside for you!! 
(All purchases must be accompanied by a credit card.)


 

Philippine de Saint-Cyrille

Chateauneuf-du-Pape

"The Pope's New Castle"

Grande Reserve

 

2011

Rhone

 France

 

 

 91 Points

  Wine Spectator   

"Gorgeous warm cocoa, ganache and espresso notes lead the way, followed by macerated fig, blackberry paste and warm plum sauce flavors. Dense and loamy through the finish. Shows impressive density for the vintage.  Tasted twice, with consistent notes."

6,665 cases made.—JM

 

 Regularly $34.99

Special Sale Price Tonight Only 


$24.00
 


$132.00  for 6 bottles

 

 

 A Chateauneuf-du-Pape for $22!! 

Don’t want to miss the sale?


Can’t make it Thursday?

Click here or call us, as

quantities are limited, so with

that said, first come first served!

703-668-WINE (9463)

 

Our Thoughts on this wine.....

Red violet color, lots of fruit on the nose, which has a rich cherry  character. This carries through onto the palate, which is full and creamy, with a lovely depth of fruit; chocolate, baked berry, ripe plum nose; tasty, ripe black fruit, berry and blackberry.

 

About CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE ……

 

Chateauneuf-du-Pape is a historic village between the towns of Orange and Avignon, in France's southern Rhone Valley. It is famous for powerful, full-bodied red wines made predominantly from the classic southern Rhone grape trio: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre. These three varieties are behind the vast majority of the appellation's red wines, although a total of eighteen are approved for use – a mix of black, green and pink-skinned varieties.

 

Grenache is king in the vineyards here. It is used in every Chateauneuf red to some extent, and many are made entirely from it. The variety performs better here than in other French region, and contributes juicy, jammy red-fruit flavors and high potential alcohol. After Grenache, the next most important varieties are Syrah and Mourvedre. Syrah grows most successfully in the town's cooler sites, and brings structure and spiced black-fruit notes to the blend. Late-ripening, sun-loving Mourvedre flourishes only in the hotter, drier vineyards, and adds dark depths and bitter-chocolate notes.

 

The popes who, when installed in Avignon  in the fourteenth century, revealed the  terroir of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Under the reign of John XXII, the village becomes the summer residence of the papacy. As for the precious nectar produced in this area, he granted the wine to the rank of "Vin du Pape", opening the doors of the great European courts.

Already in Gallo-Roman times, vines covered quite likely the territory of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. However, the first written evidence of its existence dates from 1157. In keeping with local tradition, and planting himself, Geoffroy, bishop of Avignon, had a vineyard within the territory of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. But the popes from of the fourteenth century were the real promoters of the winegrowing business of the place.

 

In 1314, Clement V, the first Avignon Pope discovers the special soil of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. His successor, John XXII supports him and it was during his reign that the vineyard really takes off and spreads fame beyond the borders of “The Comtat”.

 

The former bishop of Avignon, Jacques Duèse was elected as Pope John XII and succeeded Clement V in 1316. He regularly drank the wines from the vineyards ‘in the north’ and did much to improve viticulture practices there.

 

The pope sought a place sufficiently far from the city to discourage courtiers, sycophants, and scroungers, yet close enough so that a courier could go there and back to Avignon on the same day. The ideal spot was found on a hillock overlooking the Rhône Valley about halfway between Avignon and Orange – Châteauneuf – and this area was placed directly under his authority.

 

He oversaw the total construction of the castle, which began in 1317, and was completed in 1333. Grapevines and olive trees were planted in the area. According to the archives of the Apostolic Chamber, the total number of grapevines at Châteauneuf was estimated to be more than three million in 1334. This represents 600 to 800 ha of vineyards. Under John XXII, the wines of this area Orders renewed each year until reaching over three thousand liters per year. During the festivities the wine was served to ambassadors and other representatives of foreign courts and soon afterwards even shipped in barrels to Italy, Germany and Britain.