2009 Domaine de Montcalmès Rouge, AOC Coteaux du Languedoc
Product: 13338
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Decanter17/20
The final blend of Frédéric Pourtalié's vaious parcels contains 60% Syrah and 20% each Grenache and Mourvèdre. The wine exhibits the ripe, warm nature of the vintage with a compote-fruit nose and sweet, generous attack but then freshness and length on the finish.
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Domaine de Montcalmes
Domaine de Montcalmès is located north-west of Montpellier, and takes its name from the Montcalmès hamlet overlooking the Herault Valley. Although this family farm originally had many vineyards dedicated to white winemaking, in 1998 Jean-Marie and his daughter Frédéric Pourtalié created a special cellar specifically for reds.
The vineyards are located in two different communes; Puéchabon, where Syrah and Grenache are grown, and Aniane, where the Mouvèdre grape is grown.
Once ready for harvest, the vines are de-stemmed and crushed, and macerated in barrels for around thirty days or so. The wines are aged in oak barrels for twenty four months, and two or three grape varieties are mixed together two months before bottling. Today the vineyard produces about 50,000 bottles a year.
The vineyards are located in two different communes; Puéchabon, where Syrah and Grenache are grown, and Aniane, where the Mouvèdre grape is grown.
Once ready for harvest, the vines are de-stemmed and crushed, and macerated in barrels for around thirty days or so. The wines are aged in oak barrels for twenty four months, and two or three grape varieties are mixed together two months before bottling. Today the vineyard produces about 50,000 bottles a year.
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There are over 200 different grape varieties used in modern wine making (from a total of over 1000). Most lesser known blends and varieties are traditional to specific parts of the world.
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Domaine Montcalmes is one of the new generations of superstars from the Languedoc and one of several hitherto unknown properties which have identified Les Terrasses du Larzac as the most outstanding terroir in the region. The 2009 vintage was excellent in this part of the world and the Montcalmes is a worthy representative of a new wave of Southern Belle, elegant and urbane, blessed with natural beauty and, now, the benefit of an expensive education .More Roedean than Scarlett O’Hara all in all.
The blend is 60% Syrah, and 20% of Grenache and Mourvèdre. The palate has an attractive sweet and sour interface and very refined tannins courtesy of 24 months in barrels of one or two years of age. The subtle hints of the garrigue add to the attraction, which is long-limbed and somewhat beguiling.
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)
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