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Made from grapes grown on vines on the slopes, this wine unveils notes of black fruit, liquorice and violet. On the palate it is enormously concentrated but astonishingly lively in spite of its rich constitution. A thoroughbred wine!
Notes :- Bettane + Desseauve 15,5/20
- Gault & Millau 16,5/20
- Parker 95/100
Wine characteristics
- Vintage : Le Clos des Fées
- Year : 2011
- Appellation : Côtes du Roussillon Villages
- Colour : Red
- Grape types : 25% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 25% Carignan and 25% Mourvèdre
- Soil : chalky-clay slopes
- Harvest : manual
- Type of viticulture : sustainable
- Alcohol content : 15%
- Contenance : 75cl
Tasting - Cellaring
- Appearance : deep robe
- Nose : black fruit, liquorice
- Mouth : very concentrated
- Serving temperature : 15 - 17 °C
- Cellaring : 10 to 12 years
- Drink from : 2016
- Winemaking process : in 500 l half hogsheads
- Maturation : 18 months in new barrels
Food-matching
- Food-matching : young wild boar in red wine stew, hare à la Royale
Experts reviews :
Bettane + Desseauve
Rated wine : 15,5/20Gault & Millau
Rated wine : 16,5/20Parker
Rated wine : 95/100
Domain :
Created towards the end of the 1990s near Vingrau, the estate now covers around 30 hectares surrounded by scrubland on a base of chalky rock. The vines have basically been planted on the steep slopes facing different directions, giving the wines balance, maturity and freshness.
Appellation :
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This region is similar to neighbouring Languedoc in terms of climate, grape type and wines.
Just next door to Spain, Roussillon is full of stony terraces that are ideal for growing natural sweet wines (VDN), which is a particular feature of the vineyards.
There are also black shale, granite and clay-limestone soils.
The climate is a very sunny one, with low, poorly distributed rainfall.
There are 7,300 hectares of vineyards, producing 900,000 hl of wine.
Natural sweet wines (Banyuls, Maury, Rivesaltes) have for a long time been representative of the region’s wines. Today, though, with the modernisation of facilities, the diversification of grape types and new winemaking techniques, there is more production of quality dry wines.
The main grape types are identical to those in Languedoc: for reds, black carignan, syrah, mourvèdre and black grenache. For whites, marsanne, roussanne, vermentino, muscat à petits grains, malvoisie, macabeu, white grenache and grey grenache.
Recent vintages
- 2011: a fine year, with balanced, fragranced reds and dry whites with freshness and acidity.
- 2012: because of the low yields, the reds are complex, deep and voluptuous. The dry whites are fresh and taut. As for the VDN, these are crisp, intense and very balanced.
- 2013: magnificent, very fruity white wines. Reds full of flavour and svelte thanks to the lower alcohol content.
- 2014: a great vintage, fresh and late, charcterised by finesse and freshness. The whites are balanced and very aromatic, while the reds are mature and fine with a great intensity of fruit.