Grange de Peres, Vin de Pays de l'Herault Rouge, Roussillon, Frankrig
Beskrivelse:
David Schildknecht i The Wine Advocate # 183 Jun 2009
"The 2005 Grange des Peres red leads with the raw red meat, plum paste, chocolate, and saline, sea spray-like elements of Mourvedre and Syrah. The palate impression here is enormously rich and sweetly-ripe in its expression of plum preserve, cassis, and chocolate, yet underlain by such a wealth of savory elements that it is impossible to address more closely without resorting to nakedly carnal adjectives and to babbling about “minerality.” Impressions of black tea, coconut, and tobacco add further complexity. This exhibits a polished, plush texture and an energetic vivacity rare among Languedoc wines of its vintage, and should be worth holding for a decade or more.
Laurent Vaille’s 2007 components had not yet been blended when I visited him in December. The Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Mourvedre each were sensationally concentrated and highly expressive, promising one of the finest Grange des Peres red bottlings ever. All of these grapes were enormously ripe in flavor already by mid September, and while that entailed alcohol levels of 15-16%, the young component wines evinced no heat or harshness. Another reason to queue early for the 2007 is that quantities in 2006 are minuscule. In fact, marauding wild boar so devastated his crop of white, that when I visited, Vaille was wrestling with the issue of how or even whether to market it."
95 point
Pierre Rovani om Grange de Peres i The Wine Advocate
"This estate's wines are frightfully expensive and terribly hard to locate in the United States, selling out instantly upon arrival on our shores. Nevertheless, it is important for The Wine Advocate to report on them as doing so may inspire young winemakers in the Languedoc to follow in the footsteps of Laurent Vaille, the dedicated, highly talented winemaker of Domaine La Grange des Peres."
David Schildknecht om årgang 2004
i The Wine Advocate 173 Oct 2007
"The latest installment of Laurent Vaille's justly-celebrated if also expensive red offers a surprisingly developed, but for that reason all the more fascinating nose of red raspberry, sage, mint, sealing wax, and smoked meat. Bright raspberry fruit laced with bacon fat and tinged with candied ginger, sage, salt and cherry pit inform a texturally creamy palate. Fresh berries, soy, smoked meat, pungent-sweet citrus rind, and herbs dominate a finish of striking brightness and savory intensity in this wine that (abstracting from its textural refinement) slightly resembles a cross between Zinfandel and Cote Rotie."
92 Point
Fra Wine Spectator om forrige årgang
"Elegant and mature-tasting, with an enticing aroma of sandalwood and intense flavors of licorice, meat, raspberry and spice. There's a core of bright acidity to back it all up, with a long, rich finish of beef bouillon. Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now through 2014. -KM"
92 Point
