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The June 2017 Internet-Only Auction Part 3
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Estimate: $200
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91-93RP
"Let me explain how these efforts, the most exciting nĂŠgociant offerings of the southern Rhone, are produced. The owners of this high quality firm are Michel Tardieu, who sources the wines, and Dominique Laurent, the well-known Burgundy winemaker who has caused such an uproar in the CĂ´te d'Or. Their cellars are in the beautiful village of Lourmarin. The wines are made according to minimalist theories. After purchasing . . . from growers who only possess old vines and tiny yields, the wines are transferred by Tardieu to oak barrels made to the specifications of Dominique Laurent. They spend two years, virtually untouched, in oak. Sulphur additions are minimal. There is no racking of the wines, and bottling is accomplished without fining or filtration. This is what is called "reductive winemaking," and these brilliant efforts capture the essence of their particular appellations. Moreover, they possess tremendous upside aging potential. After purchasing these cuvĂŠes in nearly every vintage, I have learned that they are very closed and backward upon release. They need tremendous amounts of aeration prior to consumption. The finest cuvĂŠes demand . . . years of aging, even in lighter vintages . . . . Bottom line: this is an extraordinary source of top quality wines . . . . The rustic, masculine 2000 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Rasteau Vieilles Vignes (500 cases) is a blend of 75% Grenache, 10% Syrah, and 15% Carignan from 50-year old hillside vineyards. This black/purple-colored Rasteau carries its 14.5% alcohol impeccably. It offers amazing concentration, plenty of power, and notes of licorice, blackberries, cassis, and truffles. Extremely ripe and corpulent, with an astonishingly long finish, it rivals some of the appellation's finest wines produced by the likes of Andre Romero."
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"Let me explain how these efforts, the most exciting nĂŠgociant offerings of the southern Rhone, are produced. The owners of this high quality firm are Michel Tardieu, who sources the wines, and Dominique Laurent, the well-known Burgundy winemaker who has caused such an uproar in the CĂ´te d'Or. Their cellars are in the beautiful village of Lourmarin. The wines are made according to minimalist theories. After purchasing . . . from growers who only possess old vines and tiny yields, the wines are transferred by Tardieu to oak barrels made to the specifications of Dominique Laurent. They spend two years, virtually untouched, in oak. Sulphur additions are minimal. There is no racking of the wines, and bottling is accomplished without fining or filtration. This is what is called "reductive winemaking," and these brilliant efforts capture the essence of their particular appellations. Moreover, they possess tremendous upside aging potential. After purchasing these cuvĂŠes in nearly every vintage, I have learned that they are very closed and backward upon release. They need tremendous amounts of aeration prior to consumption. The finest cuvĂŠes demand . . . years of aging, even in lighter vintages . . . . Bottom line: this is an extraordinary source of top quality wines . . . . The rustic, masculine 2000 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Rasteau Vieilles Vignes (500 cases) is a blend of 75% Grenache, 10% Syrah, and 15% Carignan from 50-year old hillside vineyards. This black/purple-colored Rasteau carries its 14.5% alcohol impeccably. It offers amazing concentration, plenty of power, and notes of licorice, blackberries, cassis, and truffles. Extremely ripe and corpulent, with an astonishingly long finish, it rivals some of the appellation's finest wines produced by the likes of Andre Romero."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
Spans the Syrah-driven northern crus of Cote-Rotie and Hermitage and the Grenache-based blends of the warmer south, led by Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Its wines are known for power, spice and warmth.
A warm-climate red giving generous, high-alcohol wines of red fruit and spice. It anchors southern Rhone blends and old-vine wines in Spain and Australia.
Syrah (Shiraz) produces dark, powerful reds with black fruit, pepper and smoked-meat notes. It yields elegant, perfumed wines in the northern Rhone and bold, rich styles in Australia.