Domaine de la Chapelle Oubliée, Trois Evêques, 2024

Domaine de la Chapelle Oubliée, Trois Evêques, 2024A dry Muscat from Beaumes de Venise that shows exotic fruits in a very well balanced wine. The acidity gives structure around which the wine evolves. By its own, or together with a wide range of dishes, this wine is delightful. It does especially accompany Asian dishes remarkably well. A lesser known detail The lieu dit of Trois Evques the three Bishops is home to this wine. Following the move of the papal court from Rome to Avignon in the early 14th

mature ripe black fruit

white flowers

filet mignon or aged cuts of beef

Two winters in the cellar contribute to the finesse

A long period of ageing in oak barrels was needed to round off this very powerful wine

resulted in an outstanding harvest

Once again

Its complexity is echoed on the nose: candied tropical fruit

full body and supple tannins

is a wine that exhibits so much power and latent richness that it could easily be mistaken for the hugely concentrated wines sourced from the sun drenched hill of Hermitage (the historic home of Syrah and some of the worlds most powerful and longest living wines)

Intense and complex aromas

and of ripe fruit and plum compote