2011 Rasteau, Cuvée Prestige, Domaine la Soumade

2011 Rasteau, Cuvée Prestige, Domaine la Soumade

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2011 Rasteau, Cuvée Prestige, Domaine la Soumade

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The best producer in Rasteau? Rich and earthy, it exhibits the rustic character of the village and provides wonderful value at the price.30 to 50 year old vines, this will age beautifuly and develop meaty characters with time.
Fergus Stewart, Private Account Manager

Of the several superior Soumade cuvées on offer, the prestige was the one to catch the selector’s eye in 2011. From 30 to 50-year-old vines, this is a classic Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre blend, with a 60/40 vat/foudre elevage. Violets and liqueur de cassis dominate the nose, whilst the palate exudes warm earthy notes with crisp freshness at the back.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer

André and Frédéric Romero continue to raise the bar for the wines of Rasteau. Behind the somewhat unconventional façade an oft-indecipherable accent, André is a very thoughtful and inspiring winemaker. His conversion to oval-shaped Stockhausen demi-muids is but one illustration of impressive attention to detail. 2011 saw yields restricted to 35 hl/hr and relatively late picking in the name of phonological ripeness was duly achieved.

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Andre Romero

Andre Romero

André Romero has been dubbed the `Superstar of Rasteau' by no less a figure than Robert Parker, and is equally passionate about his wines and his beloved Marseilles football club. On current form, his wines are in far better shape.

Self-taught and adhering to the virtues of low yields and extended fermentation, Romero has invested in an automatic pigeage system along Burgundian lines which ensures maximum extraction. The resulting wine is soft, yet sturdy, with berry flavours and a whiff of wood-smoke betraying its provenance.

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Southern Rhône Blend

Southern Rhône Blend

The vast majority of wines from the Southern Rhône are blends. There are 5 main black varieties, although others are used and the most famous wine of the region, Châteauneuf du Pape, can be made from as many as 13 different varieties. Grenache is the most important grape in the southern Rhône - it contributes alcohol, warmth and gentle juicy fruit and is an ideal base wine in the blend. Plantings of Syrah in the southern Rhône have risen dramatically in the last decade and it is an increasingly important component in blends. It rarely attains the heights that it does in the North but adds colour, backbone, tannins and soft ripe fruit to the blend.

The much-maligned Carignan has been on the retreat recently but is still included in many blends - the best old vines can add colour, body and spicy fruits. Cinsault is also backtracking but, if yields are restricted, can produce moderately well-coloured wines adding pleasant-light fruit to red and rosé blends. Finally, Mourvèdre, a grape from Bandol on the Mediterranean coast, has recently become an increasingly significant component of Southern Rhône blends - it often struggles to ripen fully but can add acidity, ripe spicy berry fruits and hints of tobacco to blends.

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