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Domaine Mathieu
Owner: Mathieu family
Responsible: André Mathieu
Route de Courthézon, 84231 Chateauneuf du Pape Cedex
Tel. +33 490 837 209
Direct sale: Monday - Saturday 8.45-12.00 and 13.00-18.30
E-mail
The Mathieu family have been present in Chateauneuf du Pape
for 4 centuries.
The property owns 20 ha. AOC Chateauneuf du Pape and 4 ha. Cotes du Rhone.
The Cotes du Rhone fields are in Le Gres and those of Chateauneuf du Pape
are divided in 50 parcels. Quote Parker: "I imagine that the harvest strategy
at this estate is not unlike planning a major military invasion."
All 13 grape varieties are present: 85% Grenache,
5% Mourvedre, 3% Syrah, 2% Muscardin, 1% Clairette, 1% Counoise, 1% Cinsault,
0,5% Picpoul, 0,5% Bourboulenc, 0,4% Vaccarese, 0,2% Roussanne og 0,2% Picardan
for the red wines and for the whites: 50% Clairette, 40% Grenache
Blanc, 5% Picpoul og 5% Bourboulenc.
The average age of the vines is 65 year.
The vinification for the reds is traditional: long maceration period and ageing
in foudres The Special cuvées are partly aged in in barriques. All reds are
bottled unfiltered.
A granduncle of the owner today was the
well known winegrower and poet Anselme Mathieu. Together with some other
poets from Provence among them Frédéric Mistral and Alphonse Daudet he
founded an association, Félibres. The purpose was to maintain the
language and the customs of Provence. On the labels of his wine were
different poems. The most famous was "Lou vin de castou noù souno la voio,
emai lou cant, emai l'amour, emai la joio" (wine from Châteauneuf brings
courage, melody, love and joy). The names of the two special cuvées refer
to this ancestor.
Wines:
Chateauneuf
du Pape
18 ha. with 85% de Grenache, 5% Mourvèdre, 3% Syrah
and 10 other allowed grape varieties. It's aged for about 18 months in
foudres. The average age of the vines is 65 years.Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvée Marquis
Anselme Mathieu
2 ha. with all 13
allowed vines but 90% Grenache. The vines were planted in 1890.
Aged for about 18 months in
foudres.
Chateauneuf du Pape Vin
Di Felibre d'Anseùme Mathieu
1 ha. with 80% Mourvèdre,
10% Grenache og 5% Syrah.
60% aged in new barriques and 40% in foudres for about 12 months.
Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc
1,8 ha. with 50% Clairette, 40% Grenache Blanc, 5% Bourboulenc and 5
% Picpoul.
Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Cuvée
Marquis Anselme Mathieu
0.3 ha with 95 % Clairette, 4 % Grenache
Blanc and 1 % Picpoul and Bourboulenc. This wine is aged in new barrels for
8 months.
Cotes du Rhone Cuvée Chateaumar
3 ha. with Grenache and Syrah
Cotes du Rhone Rosé Cuvée Chateaumar
1 ha. with Grenache and Syrah
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