2024 Mont-Redon Reserve Cotes du Rhone

A rich, juicy Cotes du Rhone with good freshness and mildly chewy tannins.

Mont-Redon is one of Chateauneuf-du-Pape’s largest estate’s with almost 100 hectares under vine and has one of the longest histories in the entire Rhône Valley. The estate has passed through many families over the centuries, but it’s modern history really started in 1923 with the then manager, Henri Plantin. Henri was a colleague and contemporary of Baron Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié, the man credited with spearheading the creation of France’s entire AOC system in 1936. It was Henri’s drive and vision that established the estate as one of the ‘Grand Crus’ in Chateauneuf du Pape. Since 2017 Mont-Redon has been managed by Pierre Fabre, Henri’s great-great-grandson who has brought with him a renewed enthusiasm for producing the very finest wines.
Mont-Redon also produce a great value Cotes du Rhone. The 2024 vintage is a blend 45% Syrah, 45% Grenache, 7% Carignan and 3% other varieties. Destemmed and fermented in stainless steel with about two weeks on skins and gentle pump-overs to promote a fine tannin structure, it then sees a further 10 months maturation in tank.
Midnight black core with a dark purple tinged hue. Spicy dark to black raspberry, liquorice and black cherry scents take form out of the glass followed by scorched earth and peppered dried herb notes. Rich, juicy dark raspberry, liquorice and black cherry fruits are abound across the mid weighted palate. Earthy incense like infusions, provincial herb and peppered meat characters sit underneath. Showing good freshness, it has mildly chewy tannins and a long, robust pepper laced finish.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 14%