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Pierre Usseglio Fils & Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de Mon Aïeul 1999

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1999 Vintage

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Grenache is the main grape in many Rhone blends and most Cotes du Rhone and Chateaunuef-du-pape. It's a grape that yields soft, lightly colored yet full wines endowed with deep notes of strawberry and raspberry. While not prone to producing particularly rich or complex wines in France, Grenache is one of the world's most widely-planted grapes, producing unique expression where ever it is planted. It is particularly common in Spain as Garnacha, and Sardinia, as Canonnau,

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(in memory of the grandfather Francis Usseglio). This wine is made from three different terroirs (Serres, Bédine and La Crau) with 100% Grenache. The vines are quite old and the yield is 20-22 hl./ha.
The production comes from about 6,5 ha and in an average year are produced 140 hl or 18.000 bottles.

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This super-cuvee is one of the most stunning wines in the entire region. From a vineyard planted in 1926 called Les Serres, Mon Aieul ("my grandfather") is from extremely low-yielding vines and displays all the concentration and depth you'd expect from such formidable old vines.


 

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Sublime. Un pur plaisir à découvrir. Accompagné d'un mignon de cerf


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Rating: 91/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 138 on Dec-01


 

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Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar on Jan-02


 

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Rating: 89/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 08/31/01


 

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Rating: (90-93) - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 131 on Oct-00


 

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