Vacqueyras 2013

AOP Vacqueyras Red

Awards

  • 90 pts Vinous
  • 88 pts Wine Advocate
  • 14,5/20 Bettane & Desseauve

Tasting

Black cherry colour with purple luminescence. Expressive nose of wild berries and mild spices. The palate is round with fine-grained tannins. Excellent combination between the power of the Grenache and the dense black fruit of the Syrah. Long and elegant finish. (Nov. 2014)

Food & wine pairings

Shoulder of Lamb with herbs de provence and garlic
Curry of Guinea-fowl

Detailed information

Vintage

A cool and rainy Spring delayed and stretched out the flowering period. A hot summer followed by regular stormy episodes in September allowed to catch up for lost time but resulted in one of the latest harvests on record. The difficult Spring conditions resulted in widespread «shatter», when flowers abort before pollination, which affected almost exclusively the Grenache variety. This resulted in low crop yields and required careful attention to ensure harvesting at the optimum time.
Harvesting started only on the 8th of October. Yields : 25hl/ha (1.32 tons/acre)

Grape varieties

55% Grenache, 45% Syrah

Terroir

Grenache on sandy marl of the Miocene period. Syrah from the “Garrigue” zone, on alluvial terraces near the Ouvèze river (Quaternary period).
This blend of grape varieties and soils gives structured wines, with typical aromas of spice and “garrigue”.

Winemaking

Manual harvesting. Crushed and destemmed. Light pump-overs during prefermentation.
4 “rack-and-return”, then 1 pump-over per day during the 20-day maceration. Runoff and separation of the free-flow and press wines. Malolatic fermentation. Reintroduction of a portion of the press wine during the blending process. 6 months elevage : the Grenache in tank and the Syrah in barrel.
Bottled at the Domaine on June, 2014.
Production: 9.000 bottles.
ABV: 14%. Vegan wine.

Service

Best enjoyed at 13-15°C (55-59°F)
Optimum maturity : 2015-2021

Degree of alcohol

14% vol.
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