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2006 Tardieu-Laurent Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes Grenache

Grenache: 750ml

$29.99

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points awarded:
WA 91-93

91 -93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2008

One of the stars of the portfolio is the 2006 Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes. A full-bodied wine with plenty of cassis fruit intermixed with smoked herbs, licorice, and a hint of garrigue, this is a beauty - deep, full-bodied, powerful, and in the style of a top Chateauneuf du Pape. Drink it over the next 10-15 years.


91 -93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2008

One of the stars of the portfolio is the 2006 Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes. A full-bodied wine with plenty of cassis fruit intermixed with smoked herbs, licorice, and a hint of garrigue, this is a beauty - deep, full-bodied, powerful, and in the style of a top Chateauneuf du Pape. Drink it over the next 10-15 years.


About Winery

Tardieu is perhaps the ultimate in minimal intervention, because unlike Dominque in Burgundy he plays no role in the fermentations of the wines that he sells, only taking control of the process once the wines are in barrel. He purchases wine on the basis of quality of the vines, and indeed the vines are the starting point for him.

First, inspecting the vineyards of the Rhône Valley, he identifies plots containing old vines (here meaning more than fifty years of age), a strong feature of the Tardieu-Laurent portfolio, and having succeeded in this he will then approach the relevant vigneron to open negotiations. If successful, and the grower agrees to enter into a contract, Tardieu will arrange for his new barrels to be delivered to the vigneron's property.

The Syrah wines - Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie and so on - will go into new Tronçais oak, whereas wines based on Grenache will go into one-year old barrels. Once the wine has finished fermentation and is run off into the barrels, they are ready for transfer to the Tardieu-Laurent cellars, usually sometime during the spring following the harvest.

In this fashion the Tardieu-Laurent portfolio covers all the major appellations of the Rhône, north and south, and subsequently Tardieu has branched out to take in some areas of Provence and Languedoc as well. Those wines sourced from appropriately old vines are bottled as Vieilles Vignes, but from across all the Rhône Valley there are many high quality wines sourced which may be bottled as Cuvée Tardieu-Laurent or Les Grandes Bastides.

In the cellars the wines are racked, but are hand-bottled without fining or filtration. The quantities in question can be very small, sometimes just a handful of casks.

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