Clos Saint Jean, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes, 2007 needs description Catharina Sadde of Les Horees

Catharina Sadde of Les Horees sources hers from domaine-owned parcels in Pommard and Volnay

Now running his own micro-domain in Tavel and the broader southern Rhône

and in 2007 he gave it to this Barbaresco from the legendary Asili vineyard

and with room to keep going

Clos Saint Jean, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes, 2007 needs description Catharina Sadde of Les Horees2007 was the Southern Rhone's Grenache vintage a dry, sun drenched, mistral swept year that gave Chateauneuf enormous ripeness and nineteen years have finally tamed it. The Vieilles Vignes comes from Clos Saint Jean's oldest plots on the La Crau plateau in the eastern corner of the appellation, where fist sized galets roules soak up the day's heat and radiate it back into low, goblet trained vines. Brothers Pascal and Vincent Maurel took over the