DOMAINE LA FOURMONE “LE POÈTE” VACQUEYRAS ROUGE
$29.99
Perfumed black cherry and raspberry aromas mingle with darker scents of leather, wild herbs, and smokiness.
Full-bodied on the palate with flavors of coffee, plums and macerated blackberry with silky tannins.
THE STORY
The Fourmone wines are the humble witnesse to natural characteristics. Concrete vats are used
for the fermentation and ageing of the reds. A very small percentage of the white Vacqueyras and
the old vine cuvées red are aged in 600 litre demi-muids, so there is next to no oak flavor influence
on the wines.
TERROIR
The fruit for Le Poète are picked from a vineyard located on the Cône de la Font des Papes terroir
composed of light beige sandy-clay with small calcareous fragments. Here the stocks have
developed a very deep root profile enabling for strong and resistant and healthy vines.
VINIFICATION
No oak treatment, maturation in bottles.
VARIETALS
Grenache noir 50%, Syrah 50%
SPECIFICATIONS
Alcohol content: 14,5 ABV
GM: No.
Contains sulphites. Does not contain egg or egg products. Does not contain milk or milk-based products.
- Size: .750L
Description
92, Decanter
“A very dark and flowing style this year with large amount of tannins, really shot through with thick, very ripe tannins. Hard to judge – it’s thick, but not drying, very fruity, and very dark in fruit. Likely to be a long-lived Poète.” –Matt Walls
91, Wine Enthusiast
“Perfumed black cherry and raspberry are shaded by darker tones of underbrush, wild mint, leather and granite in this full-bodied but vibrantly balanced red. A blend of Grenache and Syrah sourced from clay and sandy soils, it’s fruity but cut by a mineral edge too. The finish is marked by firm, structured tannins that should meld nicely through 2025.” –Anna Lee C. Iijima
