Domaine La Manarine - Châteauneuf-du-Pape - Pied De Baud - Red - 2021

Wine:

The 2021 Red Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Pied de Baud is a single-parcel Grenache, sourced equally from sandy safres and stony galets roulés soils. It opens with a graceful aromatic profile of wild strawberry, rose, and bergamot—floral and finely detailed. On the palate, it’s both juicy and expansive, with a silky texture and just the right touch of sap and energy. Built around freshness and vibrant fruit clarity, it stretches out with linear precision and a lingering, harmonious finish. One of our most exciting discoveries of the vintage.Rated 97–98/100 by the French wine guide RVF.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Partial destemming. Aged for 18 months in concrete ovoid vats.

Color:

Bright ruby red.

Nose:

Ripe and concentrated nose with aromas of cherry, blood orange and a hint of cocoa and garrigue.

Palate:

A fresh, salty texture brings elegant vibrancy, with delicate fruit and velvety tannins.

Temperature:

Serve at 14 to 16°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Tender lamb shoulder, parsley-crusted sweetbreads, chicken with morel mushrooms.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2032

A fresh face in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine La Manarine is quickly earning its place among the region’s elite. In the challenging 2021 vintage, it landed in the top three producers in the French wine guide RVF—a standout performance that signals its rise.

Despite the vintage being marked by spring frost, Pied-de-Baud shows just how elegant and layered the wines can be when grown on clay and sandy soils that helped regulate the extremes. This 2021 is more poised and refined than earlier years—a turning point not just for the estate, but for the appellation as a whole.

A vintage defined by its finesse, and a wine that proves Châteauneuf-du-Pape is evolving in all the right ways.