Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils
"Mon Aieul" 2017
AOC Chateauneuf du Pape

Presse / Kritik
J. Dunnuck: 97-99 / 100 Punkte
"While there won't be a Reserve des Deux Freres in 2017 due to the miserable yields, the 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvée de Mon Aieul is a head-turner that's going to vie for one of the wines of the vintage. Coming from three parcels and 100% Grenache that was not destemmed and was brought up in used demi-muids, this killer wine boasts a deep purple color to go with a huge nose of black cherries, crushed violets, licorice, and damp earth/forest floor notes. With a rare purity of fruit, full body, building structure, and a great, great finish, it's truely a gorgeous wine."
J. Livingstone-Learmonth: 4 / 6 Sterne
"Firm red centre to the robe. The nose reflects mixed herbes de Provence, some baking, a warm lands angle. There’s a latent meat or lam stock underlay. The palate carries this baked nature with it, beyond its richness, is vintage marked, sturdy, the juice thick and solid. This has a local force in it, and I note the degree, which certainly contributes to its muscle. Carries the signature of the warm lands of the southern zone. From 2023, decanting essential. 100% Grenache. 2042-45"
Wine Advocate: 94-96 / 100 Punkte
"The 2017 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee de Mon Aieul was made from tiny yields of just five hectoliters per hectare. To fill a vat, all of the lots were put together for fermentation and are now aging in older demi-muids. It's a crazy intense, dense wine, boasting hints of mint and raspberries stirred into deep chocolate fudge, but it has a bright beam of acidity and enlivening nots of brine and zest, on the finish, which is soft, dusty and warm. Anticipated maturity 2020-2030."
The Wine Cellar Insider: 96 / 100 Punkte
"The black raspberries and garrigue in the nose start the show. But it is on the full, lush, deep, spicy, opulent palate that you find the wines true, black raspberry, pepper, jam, licorice and herb filled character. There is length, freshness and complexity found here. This should age quite well."

Das Weingut
Ganz bescheiden liegt das Weingut in Chateauneuf du Pape in der Nähe des Schlosses. Ebenso bescheiden gibt sich die Familie Usseglio. Die Weine jedoch präsentieren sich ganz außerordentlich und herausragend. Nicht zuletzt die enorm geringen Erträge, die man sich auferlegt und die traditionelle Weinbereitung machen das Weingut zu einem der Stars der Apellation.
Seinen Ursprung hat das Weingut 1948, als der italienische Einwanderer Francis Usseglio 8 ha Weinland in Chateauneuf erwarb und ein Jahr später seinen ersten Wein abfüllte. Sein Sohn Pierre vergrößerte das Gut, das heute ca. 24 ha umfasst und von dessen Söhnen Jean-Pierre und Thierry Usseglio geleitet wird. Viele der Grenache-Rebstöcke sind heute ca. 80 Jahre alt und ein unschätzbares Kapital für die Qualität der Usseglio-Weine.