2010 Evidence Par Caroline Jaboulet

2010 Evidence Par Caroline Jaboulet

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In 18th Century Bordeaux it was commonplace for winemakers to blend Claret from cooler years with Syrah from Northern Rhône to improve the quality of the wine.

These practices vanished with the AOC system, but winemaker Caroline Frey is reviving the tradition in a permanent cuvée, ‘Evidence par Caroline’, using equal parts of wine from her Bordeaux vineyards at Château La Lagune with Syrah from her other estate, the renowned Domaine Paul Jaboulet in Hermitage. The 2010 vintage was the first release and the result is a very interesting, enjoyable, rich red wine that will prove a great talking point with friends.
Max Lalondrelle, Bordeaux Buying Director


A lovely shade of ruby in the glass, this wine packs a punch: aromas of jammy dark fruit, damsons with black pepper and a heady perfumed character. The palate is much more savoury and not as forthcoming as the fruitful nose, its structured framework packed with broody blackcurrants with rich cocoa and almost iron-like salty tang on the finish.
Sophie Thorpe, WineTeam
On first glance, the deep ruby colour and way the wine clings tenaciously to the glass tells you you’re dealing with Cabernet Sauvignon. The initial sniff backs up your first thoughts as your nose is flooded with ripe, sweet blackcurrants and a refreshing menthol lift. But if you dig a little deeper, notes of the Syrah in the blend start to tentatively show themselves, there’s a soft and pleasant meaty character and a subtle hint of wood shavings.

On the palate the ripe blackcurrants are at the forefront again supported by some good crunchy tannins. The finish is pleasantly lingering with notes of sweet cured bacon and a whisp of oak.

Drink this one now,  with any red meats or perhaps after dinner with a nice ripe blue cheese. Alternatively squirrel a few bottles away for a couple of years to see what happens and you could end up with something quite interesting.
Doug Storer, WineTeam

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About this WINE

Jaboulet

Jaboulet

Paul Jaboulet Aîné is an iconic producer in the Rhône Valley. Founded in 1834 by Antoine Jaboulet (father of Paul), it was Paul’s son Louis and grandson Gérard who can be heralded among the great ambassadors for both the region and the négociant. Upon Gérard’s untimely death in 1997, the business began struggling and was sold to the Frey family in 2005.

Caroline Frey, daughter of owner Jean-Jacques Frey, has been at the helm of winemaking here since 2006. She immediately began converting the estate to sustainable farming, achieving organic certification in 2016. In 2022, Jean-Guillaume Prats, of Bordeaux fame, was brought onboard.

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Rhône

Rhône

Wine has been produced in the Rhône Valley for over 500 years, with some of its vineyards being amongst the oldest in France. Syrah rules over the south with a mix of Mediterranean grapes, while in the north, the two stars are Hermitage – grown on an imposing granite hillside above the town of Tain and best put away in the back of the cellar for a decade – and Côte-Rôtie, a star appellation made famous by Guigal's single-vineyard wines, yet also home to dozens of fine producers as yet less well known. The sheer hillsides overlooking the river have to be terraced to make production possible.

St Joseph and Cornas also provide wines of weight and worth, but the best source for good value is Crozes-Hermitage, a satellite appellation which has come alive in the last few years with the arrival of young blood.

The river valley widens out south of Valence into Côtes du Rhône country on the windy alluvial plains and the lower slopes of the hills. It is a most imposing sight during the cold, clear, blue skies of Mistral conditions. The best of the wine villages of the Côtes du Rhône have been promoted to their own appellations - VinsobresVacqueyras - close in quality to the better known Gigondas.

The king of the southern Rhône is Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Here the galets roulés, rounded rocks from the ancient river bed, provide the context for gloriously rich red wines that are redolent of the heat and herbs of the south, and enhanced by the complexity which comes from blending several grape varieties. Thirteen are permitted in all, but  Grenache usually dominates, along with Syrah and Mourvèdre in support. A fine vintage needs eight to 10 years cellaring for best results.

If your taste runs to fuller, richer, relatively exotic white wines, then perhaps a white Hermitage or Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the Rhône Valley would suit better, or else a marvellously perfumed, heady Condrieu - headquarters of the Viognier grape.

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Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.

In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% (Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity.

In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and  Australia.

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