2015 Domaine de la Charbonniere Chateauneuf du pape Blanc argentina This is all understandable once

This is all understandable once it is understood that a certain Francois Gilbert turned from being a tavern-keeper to establish this domaine all the way back in 1768

and had been rented by Russian emperors (among them Tzarina Elizabeth) in the 1700s for storing Aszú wines purchased for the court

he trained at Cos D’Estournel

making choices that were not necessarily the easiest ones and going beyond established rules

2015 Domaine de la Charbonniere Chateauneuf du pape Blanc argentina This is all understandable onceEugene Maret the grandfather of Michel Maret bought the property in 1912 as a gift for his wife who was the daughter of a wine grower in the area. His son Fernand Maret enlarged the estate. In 1973 Michel Maret took over the property as third generation. He was the one who named the estate Domaine de la Charbonnire from the lieu dit around the domain. The name means the area of charcoal burning. The fourth generation Veronique and Caroline have both