France
Languedoc-Roussillon
Chateau Canet La Chapelle, AOP Minervois/Les Evangiles, AOP Minervois, 2019
Lot
3546
Grape Variety
Producer
Chateau Canet La Chapelle AOP Minervois Cuvee Grenache
Spicy garrigues aromas, dried wild herbs, blueberries and plums are all apparent in the bouquet. The palate has tangy redcurrants, cranberry and raspberry flavours offset by hints of green herbs. It is linear in structure with good acidity and a grainy finish. The Grenache grapes come from the estate’s oldest vineyard planted over 70 years ago on the site of a 12thcentury chapel. The old gnarled and twisted vines are what Vicky calls her “old ladies.” Despite the fact that yields are desperately low, neither Floris nor Vicky can bring themselves to pull them out and replace with new more productive plants.
Château Canet Les Evangiles AOP Minervois Cuvee Syrah
Brimming with blueberries, cooked blackberries, cherry jam, vanilla and caramel. Initially soft, 2020 Les Evangiles becomes more grippy in the mouth with juicy fruits mid palate. Apple and blackberry flavours combine with toffee and a toasty finish. Les Evangiles is a plot of old Syrah vines planted on the highest point of the estate. Vines are cultivated on deep clay and limestone soils. It was fermented in a small tank with grape skins trodden by foot each day and matured in a combination of 30% new, 40% one-year-old, and 30% two-year-old oak barrels. While writing this Cellar Offering, I stopped by Château Canet, and Floris opened a bottle of 2007 Les Evangiles – particularly special as it was their first vintage at Canet. The 2007 was delicious with mellow complex fruit and coffee aromas.
Spicy garrigues aromas, dried wild herbs, blueberries and plums are all apparent in the bouquet. The palate has tangy redcurrants, cranberry and raspberry flavours offset by hints of green herbs. It is linear in structure with good acidity and a grainy finish. The Grenache grapes come from the estate’s oldest vineyard planted over 70 years ago on the site of a 12thcentury chapel. The old gnarled and twisted vines are what Vicky calls her “old ladies.” Despite the fact that yields are desperately low, neither Floris nor Vicky can bring themselves to pull them out and replace with new more productive plants.
Château Canet Les Evangiles AOP Minervois Cuvee Syrah
Brimming with blueberries, cooked blackberries, cherry jam, vanilla and caramel. Initially soft, 2020 Les Evangiles becomes more grippy in the mouth with juicy fruits mid palate. Apple and blackberry flavours combine with toffee and a toasty finish. Les Evangiles is a plot of old Syrah vines planted on the highest point of the estate. Vines are cultivated on deep clay and limestone soils. It was fermented in a small tank with grape skins trodden by foot each day and matured in a combination of 30% new, 40% one-year-old, and 30% two-year-old oak barrels. While writing this Cellar Offering, I stopped by Château Canet, and Floris opened a bottle of 2007 Les Evangiles – particularly special as it was their first vintage at Canet. The 2007 was delicious with mellow complex fruit and coffee aromas.
750ml
6
15.5%
Spicy, dried wild herbs, blueberries
Redcurrant, raspberry, herbs
Rôti de chevreuil