Le fruit est mûr, la bouche riche et puissante... Belle densité et joli gras. Les mourvèdres ont fort bien réussi : ils rééquilibrent la cuvée, lui conférant une harmonie superbe.
Le millésime

Un millésime sauvé par les mois de septembre et octobre, qui ont été exceptionnels.
Un printemps estival, un été printanier, et un automne optimal... Voici qui pourrait résumer le millésime. Le printemps estival donnait à penser que le millésime serait précoce, mais l’été printanier a ralenti les maturités, notamment celle du grenache, et l’automne a bonifié le tout, en n...
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Terroir

Haut de la Crau, les Gardioles, Courthézon, Mourre des Perdrix.

Nature des sols

Galets roulés.

Élevage

Fûts neuf- Allier et Tronçais.

Teneur en alcool

14,5%

Mise en bouteille

Sans collage ni filtration.

Cépages

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

100% 100-year-old Grenache from sandy soils at the bottom of Le Crau. Late picked (early October) and whole bunch. Pale crimson. Full, sweet, very particular with a sort of cross between jewelly fruit and something almost metallic but very fresh – thanks to those stems? Rather beguiling and very different from the intense Châteauneuf norm. Sweet finish – something really very appetising about this. Sweet and fresh. Very energetic.

Jancis Robinson , 17,5/20

Deep ruby. Candied dark berries, pipe tobacco, cola and licorice on the deeply perfumed nose. The palate offers lush, weighty blueberry and blackcurrant flavors that expand with air and pick up a peppery, spicy nuance. The clinging finish is firmed by youthful, chewy tannins.

Josh Raynolds
Wine Advocate , 92/100 , 2012-01-01

"Offers a singed anise frame, with hints of wood spice and licorice root carrying the core of fleshy plum, blackberry and black currant fruit. A ganache note hangs on the finish."

James Molesworth
Wine Spectator , 91/100 , 2013-11-01

Inky ruby. Intensely perfumed scents of cherry-cola, blackberry, and Asian spices. Weighty but focused dark fruit preserve flavors show striking clarity and palate-staining concentration, with silky tannins sneaking in on the back end. Balances richness and vivacity deftly, with impressive finishing energy and length.

Josh Raynolds
Stephen Tanzers International Wine Cellar , 91-93/100 , 2013-02-01