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2004
$39.98
The soil of the Font de Michelle estate has long been considered one of the best of the Chateauneuf-du-Pape.The many amphoras and other pottery found on the site can attest to the fact that grapevines have been cultivated and nurtured here since Roman times. From 1866 to 1880, the vines suffered, infested with phylloxera and scrubland replaced the vineyards. In 1950, Etienne Gonnet created Font de Michelle, with 30 hectares of vineyard. Since 1975 his sons Jean and Michel have kept a watchful eye over the estate. Always striving for maximum quality, they produce rich, intense, elegant wines through wihich the soil can express all its subtleties. Michel and Jean work very hard in the vineyards, leaf-pulling and crop-thinning, to keep yields lower than the appellation allows. The hand-harvested fruit is handled with the utmost care, and the winery is completely gravity fed. The wine is bottled unfiltered.
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