Chateau Fortia Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2021 22BDX Pacific Northwestern sweet cherries are

Pacific Northwestern sweet cherries are used to make this clear

with a faintly creamy texture and a crunchy

This is the inheritance wine — single-vineyard

and fruit-forward

Organic and biodynamic

Chateau Fortia Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition Rouge 2021 22BDX Pacific Northwestern sweet cherries areFew 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