Henri represents the 12th generation of his family to make wine in Châteauneuf du Pape dating back to 1667 and his methods today continue to have more in common with the 17th century than with contemporary winemaking. Henri himself brought in his first harvest in the climatologically extremely adverse year of 1956. Henri Bonneau is a legend in Châteauneuf, and many younger vintners look up to him as their model.
Bonneau's wines are among th...
Henri Bonneau owns 6.5 hectares of winegrowing area scattered across 13 plots. The largest one measures 2.3 hectares and is situated in the lieu-dit of La Crau. A further 0.4 hectares are located in Les Sénéchaux, 0.6 hectares in Grand Pierre, 0.75 hectares in Le Pointu, and one hectare in La Bigote south of the city. They are supplemented by a few smaller plots in the southern section of the region. The average age of the grapevines is 30 yea...
In any vintage Bonneau may declassify either of these cuvées, bottling them as his “basic” Châteauneuf, or selling the wine to another producer if it doesn't ultimately meet his standards. A great example of this was his 1996, released in early 2002. After years of tending to his barrels, he ultimately singled out a half dozen or so casks to be bottled under his own label-selling off the rest to negociants. Total production of his own release ...
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