Chateau Fortia Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2021 no ups Pear and mandarin orange on

Pear and mandarin orange on the finish

finally treated like it matters

Hints of tropical fruit

Le Vent se Leve is 100% Syrah and unoaked

planted in 2008 a stone's throw from the Pacific in Cambria on the San Luis Obispo Coast

Chateau Fortia Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2021 no ups Pear and mandarin orange onFew addresses in Chateauneuf du Pape carry the weight of Chateau Fortia. This is where Baron Pierre Le Roy basically invented the AOC system in the 1920s and 30s, drawing up the rules that French wine law and the whole appellation idea still run on today. The Tradition cuvee is the estate's calling card: a Grenache led red, rounded out with Syrah, raised in old foudres so the fruit stays in the driver's seat. It's classic southern Rhone in the old