Les Grandes Serres – Les Hautes Vacquières 2019 – Vacqueyras

Les Grandes Serres – Les Hautes Vacquières 2019 – Vacqueyras

The wine has a medium ruby colour. The nose is slightly reductive and restrained, will benefit from aeration. It opens up with floral notes of violets and geranium, nuances of blueberries and juicy blackberries, a touch of sweet spices and cocoa in the background. The palate is juicy and full-bodied, with intense fruit concentration, refreshing…

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Les Grandes Serres 2019 – Vacqueyras

Les Grandes Serres 2019 – Vacqueyras

The wine shows intense ruby colour. The nose is dense and gourmet, revealing nuances of ripe red cherries, a touch of raspberry confiture and strawberry compote, complicated by hints of Mediterranean herbs. The palate is juicy and opulent, offering nice fruit concentration, good freshness and bold, grippy, slightly drying tannins. The wine opens up with…

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Domaine Fontaine du Clos Reflets de l’Ame Rouge 2020 – Vacqueyras

Domaine Fontaine du Clos Reflets de l’Ame Rouge 2020 – Vacqueyras

The wine shows a pale ruby garnet colour. The nose is intense and perfumed, with delicate nuances of rose petals, lavender, a touch of wild strawberries and raspberries, a hint of Mediterranean herbs. The palate is fresh and quite delicate, offering moderate weight, refreshing acidity and grippy, slightly drying tannins. Notes of red cherries and…

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Domaine La Fourmone Le Fleurantine 2020 – Vacqueyras

Domaine La Fourmone Le Fleurantine 2020 – Vacqueyras

(Organic) The wine shows a vivid yellow green colour. The nose is open and youthful, very aromatic, revealing nuances of white flowers and pollen, a touch of white peach, poached pear and a hint of apricot purée. The palate is juicy and intense, rather warming, but well-balanced, offering nice fruitiness and suavity, a touch of…

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Domaine Fontaine du Clos Reflets de l’Ame Blanc 2021 – Vacqueyras

Domaine Fontaine du Clos Reflets de l’Ame Blanc 2021 – Vacqueyras

The wine shows a pale lemon straw colour. The nose is dense and intense, revealing nuances of dried Mediterranean herbs, garrigue, a hint of saffron and camomile, a touch of apricot and melon in the echo. The palate is round, with moderate acidity but a nice grip, tension and a certain minerality. The wine has…

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Grandes Serres Urban Series – Vacqueyras

Grandes Serres Urban Series – Vacqueyras

The wine shows a pale lemon green colour. The nose is a bit shy, slightly balsamic, with aeration revealing nuances of bruised apples, pears, a touch of lemons and white flowers. The palate is warming, offering nuances of yellow apples, canned pineapples, pear drops and white flowers, quite muted. There is a light bitterness on…

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Arnoux & Fils, Vieux Clocher – Classic 2019 – Vacqueyras

Arnoux & Fils, Vieux Clocher – Classic 2019 – Vacqueyras

The nose is fruity, aromatic and offers a good definition, a beautiful freshness as well as deepness. It reveals notes of fleshy/juicy yellow apple, citrus (kumquat, lemon), small notes of nectarine associated with fine touches of apricot flowers, small fruits as well as discreet hints of racy minerality, flint and an imperceptible hint of garrigue…

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Château Lestours Clocher – Les Pénitent 2019 – Vacqueyras

Château Lestours Clocher – Les Pénitent 2019 – Vacqueyras

The nose is fruity, fresh and offers a fine intensity, a beautiful juicy/acidulous fruit. It reveals notes of juicy lemon, juicy flat peach, small notes of juicy mandarine associated with fine touches of seed, fresh/juicy pineapple and an imperceptible almost iodine hint. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, slightly tight and offers a good freshness, a…

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Château Lestours Clocher 2015 – Vacqueyras

Château Lestours Clocher 2015 – Vacqueyras

The nose is fruity, elegant well-built, racy and offers concentration. It reveals notes of fleshy/juicy black cherry, fleshy raspberry, small notes of cassis associated with fine touches of crushed cassis, violet, redcurrant crème as well as subtle hints of liquorice, sweet spices, camphor, black olive and a subtle hint of pepper. The palate is elegant,…

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Arnoux & Fils – Cuvée 1717, millésime 2016 – Vacqueyras

Arnoux & Fils – Cuvée 1717, millésime 2016 – Vacqueyras

The nose is elegant and offers richness, deepness, complexityas well as a beautiful finesse of the grain. It reveals notes of toasted/caramelization, crushed blackberry, small pulpy blue fruits, small notes of crushed strawberry associated with very fine touches of bigarreau cherry, pulpy wild cassis, nutmeg, toasted, fine hints of vanilla and a subtle hint of…

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