Maison Tardieu-Laurent Rasteau - Vieilles Vignes

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The « Grenache » reached their full maturity in this Appellation. The Cuvée is colored, typed, on spicy scents and blood orange aromas.
The vintage

Understanding and succeeding this vintage required, indeed, presence in the Vineyard, careful work, experience, and even, clearly, a genuine expertise...
Winter temperatures amongst the mildest in the decade, rainfall amounts amongst the highest ever in winter, among the lowest ever in spring, and a nice output of grapes throughout the Rhone cépages : everything would raise hope of an early vintage, the ever expected Vintage, satisfactory both in terms of quantity and of quality ! But it was not counting on an unusually cool and rainy summer... Vignerons are soon confronted with quite a few difficulties, the trickiest one being the management of diseases…
The first three weeks of September revive the vintage... September, the month of wine !
2014 demanded, especially during the final weeks, hard, incessant work. The vines were in demand. It was crucial to understand, to be able to anticipate...This required a bit of wisdom, reason, intuition...
A vintage for Vignerons, indeed. And the best ones did perform with talent. They are now rewarded. As for the others, alas... There, is the whole difference

Type of soil

Limestone-clay slopes and blue clay.

Ageing

12 months in one vintage old barrels. Allier and Tronçais. Then 6 months in foudre.

Winemaking

100% destemmed.

Serving

14°C
Decant an hour before tasting.

Tasting

The « Grenache » reached their full maturity in this Appellation. The Cuvée is colored, typed, on spicy scents and blood orange aromas.

Alcohol content

14,5%

Bottling

Without fining and filtration.

Cépages

Grenache : 70 %
Syrah : 25 %
Mourvèdre : 5 %

The 2014 Rasteau Vieilles Vignes is about as ripe and textured as they come. Made from 70% Grenache, 25% Syrah and 5% Mourvèdre that will see 18 months in barrel and foudre, it sports a deep purple color to go with notes of roasted herbs, chocolate and black raspberries. Drink it on release and over the following 5-8 years.

Jeb Dennuck
Wine Advocate , 91/100 , 2015-10-01

Deep crimson. Notably spicy, even garrigue-scented, nose. Not that much weight on the mid palate for a wine with this alcoholic strength. It’s competent but a little angular in the middle and finishes off with lots of heat on the end that’s not really in sync with the fruit weight.

Jancis Robinson , 16/20 , 2015-10-30

Les Rasteau 2014 exhale le parfum d'un ramassé à haute maturité, qui donne une bouche ample, malgré la vivacité du millésime et des tanins abondants mais souples. Son fruit reste net et précis.

Guide RVF 2017 , 14,5/20 , 2016-09-01