Plan de Dieu Rouge - Domaine de Logue Toque

Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu 2012

AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Red

Awards

88 pts Wine Spectator

Tasting

Dark purple hue. A powerful nose of black cherries and earth. The mouth is bright and firm with dark fruit flavours and ripe tannins typical of this AOP. A well-balanced and succesful vintage.

Food & wine pairings

Daube provençale (beef stew with herbs)
Roasted lamb with rosemary
Roasted woodcok with Porcini

Detailed information

Vintage

A dry and cold Winter preceded a wet Spring that saw considerable swings in temperature.June and July were relatively mild and were followed by a hot and sunny August. Harvestbegan on the 17th of September on what turned out to be a small (average of 25hl/ha) butintense and well-balanced vintage.

Grape varieties

60% Grenache, 40% Syrah

Terroir

Caught between the Aygue River to the North and the Ouvèze River to the South, the soil has a deep alluvial and silty structure, while the surface is covered with large, round stones formed by glacial melt. This terroir produces generous & powerful wines.

Winemaking

Delicate pumping-over during brief pre-fermentation soak. 4 “délestages” (rack-andreturn) during the active fermentation period, followed by a single racking each day. 24-day post-fermentation soak. Separation of the free-run and pressed wine, malolactic fermentation followed by partial blending back of the press wine. The Syrah spent 6 months in barrel (mix 2 and 3-year barrels) and then blended with the vat-aged Grenache.

Bottled on the 11 July 2013. 6500 bottles produced.
Bottled at the Domaine on July 11th 2013.
Production: 6.500 bottles.