M.Chapoutier, La Mordoree, Rhone Valley – Cote-Rotie, France, Red, 75cl
€145.00
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Description
M. CHAPOUTIER, LA MORDOREE
Colour: Deep red.
Nose: Raspberry, a hint of violet, predominant of spices, touch of black olive and “tapenade”, rosemary.
Mouth: Ample, elegant, very well-structured and balanced.
According to the vintage, the wine can be kept from 30 to 60 years, indeed from 50 to 75 years.
Dine Recommendations: Small game (pheasant, duck). Tender, red meat. Dishes in red wine sauces. Soft cheeses
Grape variety: Syrah.
The average age of the vines (more than 60 years old) is a guarantee of an exceptional quality product.
Soil: Chlorite and ferruginous mica-schists blending in loess depressions and earth veins. The plot producing this wine is located on the border of the “Côte Blonde”.
Harvest: Hand-harvesting at maturity.
Winemaking: The grapes are entirely destemmed and vinified in concrete tank. Daily pumping over ensure a good extraction of the colour and tannins. The temperature of vinification does not exceed 32°C. Only the free-run juice is used.
Maturing: Entirely aged in oak casks (225 liters), with a proportion of new ones between 14 and 18 months.
Alcohol degree: 13,5%
