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Chateau La Nerthe Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2004 This is one of the largest estates in the Southern Rhone, 225 acres, all farmed biodynamically. Under manager Alain Dugas, la Nerthe has regained its place as one of the great names in Chateauneuf-du-Pape in both white and red. The 2004 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, 90-92 points, a blend of 55% Grenache, 24% Syrah, 15% Mourvedre, 4% Cinsault, and the rest various other varietals. …. fresher, more lively acidity, greater concentration, more complex aromatics, and a deeper, richer, fuller bodied palate, the color is also a deep ruby/purple as apposed to medium ruby. This wine should drink well for up to 10 years. Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate, Closing Date: 2-23-06, Issue 163 The Rhone Valley Roller Coaster (2003 and 2004 vintages) Chateau la Nerthe For some reason I had a Rhone Valley craving yesterday and in regards to Rhone, it is the wines of Southern Rhone that really do it for me. La Nerthe is a producer that I have always stuck a few bottle aside in my cellar for future consumption, this wine though is the current release. This wine is a beauty. Clean as a whistle, fragrant and perfumed with the Grenache component of this wine giving it a really lift. Lovely dry red fruits, cherries, plums, minerals and acid. A wine that is well balanced now and will age gracefully for many years to come. 94 points Anthony D'Anna Chateau la Nerthe is one of the oldest and the largest estates in the Southern Rhone’s mostly highly regarded appellation of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Comprising of 90 hectares of vines planted in red clay soils and sandy hollows ballasted with the pebbles (galets) characteristic of the region, many of its vines are a century old, with the average age around fifty years. The vineyards face south towards the sunshine, plunging roots several metres deep. The successive owners of Chateau la Nerthe over centuries observed which vine varieties possessed the most affinity with the terroir of the estate, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century Commander Ducos planted 11 varieties (later to become 11 of the 13 permitted for Chateauneuf-du-Pape). Each brought with it a quota of special virtues to the finished wine, and today blending remains a key to the complexities and individuality of the wines of Chateau la Nerthe.