One of Xavier Vignon's first almost anonymous blends! 

The grapes come from "collection vines", where many grape varieties are planted together, making it difficult to identify the exact share of each variety: grenache, vaccarese, counoise, mourvèdre, terret noir and muscardin.

95/100 - PARKER

"The top wine from the portfolio, the 2012 Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvee Anonyme offers thrilling purity and focus in its lively dark fruits, roasted meats and underbrush-scented bouquet. Full-bodied, ripe and textured, with fantastic polish and sweetness to its tannin, it has a supple, forward feel, yet will easily evolve for 10-15 years."

The selected plots represent 5 different terroirs of the appellation: La Crau, galets roulés, sands, safres and urgonians

Vinification 

Hand harvesting, destemming and sorting, fermentation at a very low temperature to favor soft diffusion of flavor compounds with daily tasting during maceration (1 month)

Ageing

Ageing during more than 15 monts : 50% in French barrels (Allier- Medium Toast), 25% in vats and 25% in concrete tanks. 

Stewed boar - Pigeon salmis - Rack of lamb with candied tomatoes