Maison Tardieu Laurent - Châteauneuf du Pape - Vieilles Vignes

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Laborieux, capricieux, incertain, versatile… Autant de qualificatifs qui s’appliquent à ce millésime difficile.
Le millésime

L'année 2012 n’a pas épargné les vignerons : même les plus avisés en ont quasiment « perdu le Nord » ! L’hétérogénéité au vignoble porte d’emblée la marque des dégâts provoqués par le gel hivernal. Fort malheureusement, certains pieds de très vieux Grenache et Syrah ne résisteront pas. Perte d’un patrimoine précieux, impact sur les rendements de la vendange à venir, le ... Afficher plus ›

Terroir

Les Bedines, La Crau, Les Gardioles, Bois Dauphin.

Élevage

12 mois en fûts d’un vin - Allier et Tronçais. Puis 12 mois en foudre.

Service

14°C
Décanter 2h avant le service.

Dégustation

Archétype du "Châteauneuf" imaginé ! Sur des notes de laurier, d'orange sanguine et de figue. Le toucher en bouche est délicat et velouté...Un Vin tout en allonge.

Teneur en alcool

14,5%

Mise en bouteille

Sans collage, ni filtration.

Cépages

Grenache noir : 90 %
Cinsault : 5 %
Syrah : 5 %

Magnifique classicisme. Approche complète et profonde belle noblesse aromatique sur le cacao.

Terre de vins , 2014-10-31

Dark ruby. Deeply pitched cherry, black raspberry and Indian spice aromas are lifted by a sexy floral oil quality. Juicy and densely packed, showing excellent depth to its red and dark berry liqueur, cherry-cola and spicecake flavors. Stains the palate while coming across as energetic and precise. Closes with very good vivacity and length, with silky tannins adding structure and grip.

Josh Raynolds
Vinous , 93/100 , 2015-04-01

This is packed with dark, alluring fig, blackberry and boysenberry paste flavors, inlaid with dried anise and well-roasted alder and cedar notes. Offers a lingering ganache edge on the finish. Has heft, but remains very silky in feel.

James Molesworth
Wine Spectator , 93/100 , 2015-01-28

Inky ruby. Deep, powerful aromas of cassis and dried cherry, with complicating notes of incense, licorice and cured tobacco. Deeply pitched, smoky dark fruit flavors are complicated by suggestions of musky herbs and floral pastilles. Chewy tannins give shape and grip to the very long, spice-accented finish, with the cassis note lingering.

Josh Raynolds
Stephen Tanzer International Wine Cellar , 93/100 , 2014-02-01

Broad and rich on the nose – very sweet and composed. Already quite evolved with the tannins pretty well covered. Spicy and already really fun and glorious. Perhaps not the most ambitious for the long term but really delicious now. Alcohol well managed.

Jancis Robinson , 18/20 , 0013-01-04

Also superb and with loads of potential, the 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes (90% Grenache, and 10% Syrah, with the Grenache aged in older barrel and the Syrah in new barrels) is more deep and layered than the Cuvee Speciale. Offering up impressive notes of mineral, new leather and smoky black fruits, this full-bodied, layered and textured 2012 has superb mid-palate depth, fine tannin and an all-around concentrated, backwards feel.

Robert Parker
Wine Advocate , 93-95/100 , 2013-10-01