LA MONARDIÈRE VACQUEYRAS “LES 2 MONARDES”
$29.99
As the emblematic cuvée of the estate, « Les 2 Monardes » is a blended wine, and shows perfectly the balance of flavours with two complementary grape varieties : Grenache and Syrah.
From vines of an average age of 40 years, planted in chalky grit and sandy clay. The fruit is hand-harvested, with rigorous sorting; 100% de-stemmed. Fermented with natural yeasts, with a maceration of 20 days with punch-downs. Aged 1 year in a combination of tanks and barrels. Bottled without fining or filtration.
Grenache noir 55%, Syrah 25%, Cinsault, Mourvèdre
- Size: .750L
Description
90, Wine Spectator
A characterful, appealing version, with boysenberry and roasted plum that take on a supple feel and are held together with polished red tea tannins. Dried garrigue and sandalwood smoke ring out on the long, mineral-rich finish. Grenache and Syrah. Drink now through 2028. 350 cases made, 28 cases imported.
92, John Gilman, View from the Cellar #119
“2023 Vacqueyras “Les 2 Monardes”- Domaine Monardière As I mentioned last year, the Vache family purchased this estate in 1987 and converted their vineyards over to organic farming in 2000. All of their vineyards are harvested by hand and their Vacqueyras “Les 2 Monardes” cuvée is made from a cépages of seventy percent grenache and thirty percent syrah. The vines that go into this bottling are forty years of age, with the bunches are destemmed and the wine fermented with native yeasts, prior to twelve months of élevage in a combination of tanks and used barrels. The 2023 Les 2 Monardes comes in at a svelte 13.5 percent octane in this vintage and delivers a simply superb bouquet of dark berries, grilled meats, pepper, bonfire, dark soil tones and a nice touch of upper register garrigue. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and complex, with an excellent core of fruit, firm, well-integrated tannins, fine balance and a long, promising finish. The wine will demand a few years in the cellar to soften up and blossom, but it is going to be excellent.”
