Domaine Isabel Ferrando

The artist formerly known as Domaine Saint Prefert has seen a bevy of changes since our last visit. The new cellar was finished just in time to bring in the 2022 crop, and with it, Isabel has employed a young Chef de Cave to assist her in the cellar, along with a similarly young and ambitious vineyard manager. This has given her the freedom to oversee every fine detail of the process.

Additionally, she is keen to work with more concrete and plans to employ the submerged cap method in these new tanks on 25% of all red components moving forward. The return to the traditional notion of Châteauneuf-du-Pape as a blend is a welcome one. The cuvées Auguste Favier and Charles Giraud have been dispensed with, now blended into the Classique to create a single Châteauneuf-du-Pape – Terroirs de Saint Prefert.

Isabel will continue to produce the varietal cuvées for the unique expressions they offer of one cépage: Colombis (Grenache), F601 (Cinsault), and the old vines Clairette.