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CLOS SAOUMA Omnia , Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2020 Bottle
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Clos Saouma Omnia Rouge, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Omnia, meaning ‘ALL’ is a blend albeit 80% Grenache with the rest made up with the other 12 varieties. It’s a blend of five villages from 7 different vineyards. Cold soaked for 7/11 days with a mixture of whole bunch and crushed grapes then allowed to warm up when ferment starts naturally. Strictly no pumping over of pigeage ‘Why do you want to chase colour, do you drink or taste it?’ as Mounier tells me. Free run and pressings separated and aged in Demi mud (500 litres) new and aged, Foudre (2300 litres), cement natural eggs and cement tank. NO RACKING or sulphur of 2 years whilst ageing.
Omnia’s largest parcel of the blend comes from Pignan. Mounir has been insistent on this from the start as he believes this site offers the most elegant expression of CNDP. They blend this with grapes from the four other communes of Châteauneuf (Pignan is in Courthezon) being Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Centre), Orange (North), Bedarrides (South East) and Sorgues (South).
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Rotem and Mounir Saouma own the iconic micro negociant Lucien Le Moine in Beaune and have been one of the most sought after producers of 1er and Grand Cru Burgundy for some years now. With a passion to own their own vineyards, they made the leap and purchased some superb terrior in Châteauneuf-du-Pape to start Clos Saouma. They started with purchasing a 4.5 hectare plot in the lieu-dit Pignan in 2009 as they believe it’s the most elegant expression of Grenache from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. In addition to their home vineyard in Orange and the 4.5 hectares in Pignan they now own 8.4 hectares in Châteauneuf for red production across all five communes and 2.5 hectares of white Châteauneuf.
One of the key points of difference with Clos Saouma is that 30% of their production is white wine in a region dominated by red wine production. To give context; white wine represents just 3% of the total production of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. If you haven’t experienced Clos Saouma’s whites Inopia or Magis get ready for an experience. They are truly fascinating white wines and often I’ve put them in blind line ups against Grand Cru from Burgundy.
To understand the wines Clos Saouma is to understand their winemaking philosophy of their Burgundian wines. They employ the same techniques they use in Burgundy, yet in the Rhone they manage every stage of the process, starting with the vineyards they own, all aspects of winemaking through to bottling. Refer to the about page or to our Lucien le Moine content to find out more.
