Bonpas - 2020 vintage

Caumont-sur-Durance - Amazing fruit notes

The harvests

‘The low levels of moisture in the soil experienced this summer has not had a negative impact on our star variety, the Grenache noir. In fact, it’s even been helpful, as it’s produced just the right levels of polyphenols, sugars and acids in the grapes as they reached ripeness. The Grenache grapes which form the basis of our wines were harvested from areas that are, from a geographical and climate point of view, particularly fertile - warm, complex, clay-type soils which enabled us to harvest our Grenache grapes at exactly the level of ripeness we were aiming for. The vats currently undergoing maceration exhibit sweetness, chewy, but not aggressive tannins rounded off by amazing fruit notes, such as strawberry. The Syrahs are fresh, with well-defined aromas. The whites were affected slightly differently by the small degree of hydric stress they experienced.

Initial tastings

The Grenache blanc looks set to be a round wine with characteristic white peach notes. Meanwhile, the Viognier is developing a tropical fruit bouquet, but without losing any of its amazing freshness. The white wines boast a good, balanced range of aromas as well as freshness on the palate.’
JEAN-LUC DURAND