Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils
"Mon Aieul" 2020
AOC Chateauneuf du Pape

Presse / Kritik
Falstaff: 95 / 100 Punkte
"Kräftiges Karmingranat, violette Reflexe, breitere Ockerrandaufhellung. Zart nach Lakritze, dunkle Waldbeeren, ein Hauch von Nugat und süßem Tabak, kandierte Orangenzesten. Saftig, stoffig und elegant, reife Herzkirschen, seidige, tragende Tannine, mineralisch, gute Frische, sehr gute Länge, bereits gut antrinkbar, sicheres Reifepotenzial."
J. Dunnuck: 96-98 / 100 Punkte (Fassprobe)
"The 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee De Mon Aieul is all Grenache (from three terroirs) that was not destemmed and is still resting all in used demi-muids. Incredible aromatics of blackberries, ground pepper, toasted spice, raspberries, and flowers all emerge from this deep, full-bodied, yet wonderfully elegant barrel sample that makes the most of this great vintage. It's going to drink brilliantly for 15-20 years with no issues, and I'd certainly put this up with the top handful of wines in the vintage."
J. Dunnuck: 97 / 100 Punkte
"The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée De Mon Aïeul is also all Grenache but was raised all in demi-muids (I believe all used). Its more ruby/plum color is followed by an incredible bouquet of mulled red and black fruits, sweet Provençal herbs, spice box, and graphite. It's slightly broader and more expansive than the Deux Freres and has a sexy, full-bodied mouthfeel, ripe, polished tannins, and a great finish. This reminds me a little of the 2006, and while it's already brilliant, I have no doubt it will evolve for 15-20 years in cold cellars. Drink 2022 - 2042."
J. Livingstone-Learmonth: 4 / 6 Sterne
"Mainly dark red; the nose has a floral, spiced inner tone, plum fruits, a note of charring, iron clarity. The palate bears stylish content, is peppery, has a smoky edge to it, the tannins fresh and breezy, tarry. It’s a slow evolution wine, manages its elements well, with no sense of excess. The aftertaste has a cooked plum, gorse-garrigue tone, a hint of menthol, with the tannins a little parched, pinched, requiring until certainly 2025; decant it. 2046-48"
The Wine Cellar Insider: 95 / 100 Punkte
"Lush, fresh and creamy, the fruit is ripe, vibrant, harmonious and long, with good purity and a peppery edge to the kirsch and black raspberries on the palate and in the finish. There is length, freshness and complexity found here. The wine is made with 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2024-2036."
La Tulipe Rouge: 94 / 100 Punkte
"Pure grenache in whole bunches from vines between 70 and 90 years old and three different plots, then matured in concrete tanks. The result is sunny aromas of raspberry and strawberry with a hint of blood orange and mirabelle plum. It shows grace, precision and length with powdery tannins that blend into the substance, showing the excellent potential of this already seductive wine. Another proof of the new, more lifted style of this producer."

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.