Alain Jaume & Fils, Les Champauvins, Côtes du Rhône, France 2020

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Tasted by: Natalie Earl
(at London, 25 Sep 2022)
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2025
Majestic have done well to snap up this delicious, organic-certified GSM blend, because despite its Côtes du Rhône labelling, the 34ha Champauvins vineyard actually abuts the Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards of none other than Château de Beaucastel. The wine is aromatic and lifted, exuding ripe crushed raspberries and juicy cherries, as well as more dark black fruit tones. The palate is sweetly-fruited, like blueberry yoghurt. Spicy, succulent, and finishing with dry tannins. For under £20 this could be your go-to barbecue or mid-week red, but could also be worth keeping another year or two to see how it develops in bottle.
Alain Jaume & Fils, Les Champauvins, Côtes du Rhône, France 2020
Producer
Alain Jaume & Fils
Brand
Les Champauvins
Vintage
2020
Wine Type
Still
Colour
Red
Country
France
Region
Appellation
Côtes du Rhône
Sweetness
Dry
Closure
Cork
Alcohol
15.00%
Body
Full
Grapes
20% Syrah / Shiraz