Chateau Fortia Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2021 070726OFFER and the core Cabernet Franc

and the core Cabernet Franc comes from one tiny

Santa Rosa–based winery dedicated to minimal intervention

he and his wife bought a plateau near Nîmes covered in rounded galets — the same stones you see in Châteauneuf-du-Pape

We love the texture of this wine

a tradition that reaches back centuries

Chateau Fortia Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2021 070726OFFER and the core Cabernet FrancFew 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