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Southern Rhone Flight
Three 3oz. Pours $16.00
1. 2007 Clefs des Murailles, Vacqueyras, France $8
gl $32 btl
This exceptional Southern Rhône comes from a growers' cooperative winery called Vignerons de Caractère
along the Route de Vaison la Romaine in Vacqueyras. The winery was founded 50 years ago and today it has about a hundred
families growing grapes for the 3+ million bottles they make. The wine is a blend of Grenache, with Syrah and Mouvedre rounding
it out.
This wine shows a bit of spice, with raspberry and bright light fruit, finishing with a little hit of acidity.
2.
2007 Dom. De Piaugier, "Les Briquieres," Sablet, France $9 gl $36 btl
This Southern Rhône estate is situated
in the village of Sablet, near Gigondas. It's owned by the Autran family and winemaker Jean-Marc Autran has been at the helm
since the mid-1980s.His great grandfather built the cellar in the 1940s and Jean-Marc expanded it in the mid-1990s.
The
property comprises approximately 30 hectares of vineyards, a small patch in Gigondas and most of the rest split between the
Côtes-du-Rhône appellation and that of Sablet. The vineyards are mature, most being somewhere between 20 years of age on
the young side.
The Sablet is a blend of Grenache and Syrah, and shows darker fruit than the first wine, with juicy
blueberry and blackberry fruit, a great round mid palate, and a long finish.
3. 2004 Dom. De la Citadelle, Cotes
du Luberon, France $7gl $28 btl
In 1989 Yves Riusset-Rouard purchased an ancient provençale farmhouse with 8 hectares
of vines and decided to throw all his passion and efforts into creating Domaine de la Citadelle and sculpting a "grand
vin" that reflectes the quality and typicity of the Côtes du Luberon appellation, the youngest of the great names of
the Rhône Valley. Over twenty years, and through hard work, patience, strict selection of only the best vineyard parcels and
by means of his son Alexis who joined him in 1995, Yves Rousset-Rouard has succeeded in creating one of the top domaines in
the Côte du Luberon.
This wine is 60% Syrah, 30% Grenache and 10% Carignan. It shows darker earthy notes, with a little
forest floor and black plums, it is also a bit different from the first two wines in that it has a little age, and that is
reflected on the finish.
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