Plan de Dieu Rouge - Domaine de Logue Toque

Domaine de Longue Toque
Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu 2014

AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Red

Awards

91 pts Wine Advocate
15,5/20 Jancis Robinson
SILVER Concours Général Agricole de Paris

Tasting

Dark color with purple highlights. Intense nose with black olive aromas (tapenade). Smooth palate with firm tannins evolving into notes of anise and liquorice ending with a long peppery finish.

Food & wine pairings

Beef cheek confit
Marinated spare ribs

Detailed information

Vintage

Relatively cool and rainy Springallowed for a steady development of the vine. Until the eve of the harvest, important work was necessary in the vineyardto ensure good sanitary conditions. The harvest began the second week of September but, due to a rain spell, was briefly delayed in order to reach full maturity.

Yield: 20hl / ha.

Grape varieties

50% Grenache, 50% Syrah

Terroir

Deep terrace of ancient alluvium covered with pebbles, lying on a silty matrix formed by the Aygue river in the North and the Ouvèze river in the South. A soil favourable to the development of rich and intense wines.

Winemaking

Co-fermentation of the two grape varieties. Prefermentary maceration during 5 days at 12°C. Pumping over up to 3 times a day. Maceration 24 days and vertical pressing, running off and separation of the free-run and press wine. Malolactic fermentation before reintroduction of a part of press wine for final blending. Maturation in vat for 7 months.

Bottled at the Domaine on May 20th 2015

6.400 bottles produced

ABV: 15%

Vegan Friendly.

Service

Best served at 14 to 16°C, ideally decanted 2 to 3 hours before.

Optimum maturity: 2016 – 2022

Degree of alcohol

15% vol.

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Domaine de Longue Toque

Nestled in the foothills of the Dentelles de Montmirail since 1918, the Domaine de Longue Toque is one of the prestigious estates of Maison Gabriel Meffre since 1999. It takes its name from the long groves – ‘touque’ in Provençal – which delimited the parcelles by protecting them from the wind. The vineyards are located on a mosaic of terroirs that draw their original character from different geological layers, altitudes and exposures. The vineyard produces 6 appellations over 43 hectares: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Cairanne, Rasteau, Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu and Côtes du Rhône red and white. After 20 years in Terra Vitis (sustainable viticulture), 2020 marks the first year of certification for organic farming at the Domaine. A continuity in our desire to work the land and the wine with respect for nature and people. 2023 is to be the first harvest of the white Gigondas.