2006 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-pape, Rhone Valley, FranceChteau de Beaucastel has long been considered one of the great wines of France. It is unanimously renowned for its balance, elegance and ageing potential. Beaucastel has an extraordinary terroir at the Northern end of the appellation with heavy exposure to the Mistral. All 13 varieties of the appellation have been organically grown here since the sixties. Situation : Chteauneuf du Pape, between Orange and Avignon, Chteau de Beaucastel red is a 70

then fermented spontaneously and slowly with natural yeasts in oak

Our first Métisse vintage

Red Heads winemaker is friendly

filtering or a centrifuge

” She works with techniques that nurture life in the soils that have been decimated by years of industrial agriculture

After years of working with and learning from legendary winemakers such as Rosemary Cakebread

the wine sees spontaneous fermentation on the skins in concrete tanks for 10-15 days with indigenous yeast in amphorae

After pressing in an oxygen-free press

Gamay and Chardonnay

The name Capuchino refers to the Capuchin monks who live in Jerez

The grapes are sourced from vineyards in St Helena and Coombsville

thirty-six vine growers founded the Cantina Sociale of Copertino