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2007 Tardieu-Laurent Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes

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RATINGS

93Wine Spectator

Hyperripe, but racy and beautifully defined, with amazing drive thanks to the strong graphite spine that holds the fig paste, hoisin sauce, black tea and mulled currant fruit flavors.

91Stephen Tanzer

...Really showing its syrah element today, and more powerful than it was from barrel, displaying deep dark fruit flavors and suave floral and mineral qualities. Finishes with very good clarity and chewy, sappy persistence...

90-92Robert M. Parker Jr.

...concentrated, elegant wine exhibiting notes of tapenade, kirsch, and soil undertones.

17.5Jancis Robinson

...Very bright, almost slightly raisiny ripe fruit (NB high proportion of Grenache) but not overripe. Griottes compote. Cool and dry and refined on the palate...

PRODUCER

Tardieu-Laurent

Maison Tardieu-Laurent was started in 1994 as a partnership between Dominique Laurent, a former pastry chef who re-fashioned himself as maker of “garagiste” Burgundy, and winemaker Michel Tardieu, a Rhone Valley negociant. Today it is solely owned by the Tardieu family. Located in Lourmarin, in Southern France, the domaine makes wines from nearly every southern and northern Rhone Valley appellation. It produces Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Cornas, Cote Rotie, Gigondas, Hermitage and Vacqueyras, among other wines.

REGION

France, Rhône Valley, Southern Rhône, Vacqueyras

Vacqueyras AOC is in the Southern Rhone Valley and runs along the banks of the Ouvèze River. It received its appellation status 1990, having been part of the AOC Côtes du Rhone appellation since 1937. Some 97 percent of the wine made in Vacqueyras is red, and like its neighbor to the north, Gigondas, Vacqueyras is known for its powerful wines. There are 3,200 vineyard acres planted to Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsault, Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette and Bourbolenc. Vacqueyras reds are dark, spicy, tannic and considered good for aging.