Ce Vin comblera absolument les amateurs de Vins démonstratifs !
Le millésime

Les conditions climatiques contrastées, à tendance humide, de la fin du printemps, la pression des maladies, alors que les rendements étaient légèrement plus élevés qu’en 2006, avaient ravivé de vieux souvenirs, et nourri l’inquiétude des Vignerons conscients...
Par bonheur, l’été a été exceptionnellement sec. Un formidable ensoleillement, un vent soutenu - moins violent...
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Terroir

La Crau, Le Grès, Gardioles.

Élevage

Fûts d’un Vin - Allier et Tronçais.
Fûts neufs pour la Syrah.

Dégustation

Les Tanins sont d’une puissance rare. Ils donnent à ce vin concentré une allure surdimensionnée. Sensation de liqueur en bouche avec une texture veloutée remarquable.

Teneur en alcool

14,5%

Mise en bouteille

Sans filtration.

Cépages

Grenache : 80 %
Mourvèdre : 10 %
Syrah : 10 %

Sporting a deep purple color as well as a captivating nose of licorice, chocolate ganache covered cherries, spice, and vanilla, with touches of background wood, the 2007 Tardieu-Laurent Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes opens beautifully in the glass. Full bodied and stunningly fruited, the wine carries a rich, textured palate, perfect balance and a focused, very long finish. Give this beauty 2 to 3 years to integrate its components and then drink over the following 20.

Jeb Dunnuck
The Rhone Report , 96/100 , 2010-08-31

Inky ruby. Deep, pungent cassis and cherry-cola scents expand with aeration, picking up notes of anise, dried rose and incense. Very spicy and minerally in the mouth, offering sweet raspberry and bitter cherry flavors and a late note of black tea. Finishes spicy, focused and impressively persistent. This very young wine will require patience.

Josh Raynolds
Stephen Tanzers International wine cellar , 92/100 , 2010-02-01

Clearly modern, offering lush macadamia, Cavaillon melon and buttered brioche notes, but also superpure and fine, with blazing minerality and a long, graceful, floral-filled finish. A beauty for its combination of weight and precision.

James Molesworth
Wine Spectator , 93/100 , 2009-04-30

This is crammed with a massive core of blueberry compote, braised fig and mulled blackberry and boysenberry fruit flavors, all wound up with graphite tannins and backed by a strong, iron-filled spine. This has serious depth and drive, with gorgeous mocha and espresso aromatics flittering throughout.

James Molesworth
Wine Spectator , 96/100 , 2009-11-15

With air, notes of bay, lemon, wax and wheat come up from underneath the rich, smoky apricot fruit. The acidity cuts through it, letting the wine finish clean. Give it at least a year-if not six-in bottle before serving with scallops in brown butter

Wine & Spirit , 90/100 , 2009-06-01

The 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is fashioned from old vine Grenache (90%) and the rest Syrah and Mourvedre, the last two components aged in new oak. The fruit comes from parcels on La Crau, Solitude, and Mont-Olivet. The wine exhibits that sweet white chocolate character that Grenache sometimes displays, along with a deep ruby/purple color, super intensity, and plenty of red and black fruit, garrigue, and grilled meat notes. A quintessential example of Provence, drink it over the next 15-20 years.

Robert Parker
Wine Advocate , 92-94/100 , 2008-10-01