Maison Tardieu Laurent - Châteauneuf du Pape - Vieilles Vignes

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Un équilibre remarquable entre matière et élégance.
Le millésime

Je ne vais pas trop vanter la qualité de ce Millésime 2009 - assez exceptionnel, au demeurant… D’autres s’en sont chargés, bien avant moi, et bien avant même que les vins aient fini de fermenter, un exercice étrange pour moi, qui ne suis pas une voyante lisant dans le marc de café !
Je me voulais un peu plus prudent. Peut-être est-ce mon pessimisme latent qui me dictait une cert... Afficher plus ›

Terroir

Le haut de la Crau.

Nature des sols

Galets roulés.

Élevage

Fûts d’un Vin - Allier et Tronçais.

Vinification

100% égrappé.

Teneur en alcool

14,5%

Mise en bouteille

Sans filtration.

Cépages

Grenache : 85 %
Mourvèdre : 10 %
Syrah : 5 %

This is a rugged, firmly tannic rendering of Châteauneuf-du-Pape that requires time in the cellar to reach its full potential…The other flavors are potent and concentrated: plum, chocolate and licorice all leave lasting impressions on the palate.

Joe Czerwinsky
Wine Enthusiast , 92/100 , 2013-02-01

Beautifully elegant and finesse-driven, the 2009 Tardieu-Laurent Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes is a blend of 85% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, and 5 % Syrah that aged all in neutral French oak. It displays a deep, semi-opaque color to go with vibrant aromas of bing cherries, loads of garrigue, assorted flowers, and hints of licorice on the nose. Textbook southern Rhône and beautifully complex, with a core of sweet fruit, this silky, polished 2009 is medium to full-bodied, perfectly proportioned, balanced, and has sweet, silky tannin that emerges on the finish. While delicious now, this will age brilliantly, with 12-15+ years or more of prime drinking. Very well done and well worth seeking out.

Jeb Dunnuck
The Rhone Report , 92/100 , 2012-06-01

Very solid, with a youthful core of blackberry, plum and fig coiled up with lots of spice, licorice snap and ganache. The tight, chewy finish needs some time to open up, but there's plenty of garrigue and smoldering fruit in reserve.

James Molesworth
Wine Spectator , 93/100 , 2012-06-15

Bright purple. Exotic spice and potpourri scents accent intense red and dark berries on the seductively perfumed nose. Sweet, expansive and energetic on the palate, offering an array of berry and floral flavors and silky texture. Becomes spicier with air and finishes with outstanding energy, clarity and cling.

Stephen Tanzers International Wine Cellar , 93/100 , 2012-02-01

The 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes comes primarily from two sectors of Chateauneuf du Pape, La Crau and Mont Olivet. It is a dense ruby/purple color, with plenty of garrigue, lavender, black currant, black cherry, sandy, loamy soil notes along with underbrush. A quintessential wine of Provence – full-bodied, powerful, yet at the same time, elegant and very complex.

Robert Parker
Wine Advocate , 91-93/100 , 2010-10-01