Chรขteauneuf-du-Pape might be the last family-run stronghold in French wine.
Unlike many famous regions that now include major luxury groups or corporate ownership, this appellation is still shaped largely by growers, around 330 families across roughly 3,300 hectares.
That creates something pretty rare in the modern wine world: real diversity of soils, approaches, and styles living inside one historic region Add to that the presence of 18 permitted grape varieties, and you start to see why Chรขteauneuf-du-Pape can taste so different from one producer to the next, even though Grenache still makes up around 75% of plantings.
Itโs a region with strong identity, but also surprising variation.
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