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Domaine des Senechaux,
Drink now,
A soaring nose of saffron, vanilla and fine spice from 31% oak-aged Roussane and 28% Grenache Blanc, combined with fresh lime and acidity from 32% Clairette and 9% Bourboulenc. Smooth and rich on the palate, with excellent freshness, this is absolutely ready to go and will be excellent alone or with food.
Hamish Orr-Ewing, Private Account Manager
This white is a joy from start to finish and it is a shame that there is so little made. The blend is 33% Roussanne, 30% Clairette, 30% Grenache Blanc and the rest Bourboulenc, all aged on its lees in tanks and with some new oak for the Roussanne. The rich pear-skin honied style of the Roussanne finds a perfect foil in the spicy crisp Clairette. The subtle shift in encepagement over the years has led to an extremely positive re-appraisal of the whites from this famous bastion of powerful red wines and this is a perfect example.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer
Domaine des Sénéchaux continues to climb the village’s unwritten hierarchical ladder. The Cazes family (Ch. Lynch-Bages), who own the property, are generous both in their financial investment and in their lack of interference. Winemaker Bernard Tranchecoste has done them proud. 2011 was marked for him by the contrast between its early flowering and the slowing down of the hitherto precocious cycle with some tricky weather towards the end of July. Oidium was conquered finally and the harvest was brought in, in good volume, but over an extended period. The harvest was finished by the end of the first week of October.
Hamish Orr-Ewing, Private Account Manager
This white is a joy from start to finish and it is a shame that there is so little made. The blend is 33% Roussanne, 30% Clairette, 30% Grenache Blanc and the rest Bourboulenc, all aged on its lees in tanks and with some new oak for the Roussanne. The rich pear-skin honied style of the Roussanne finds a perfect foil in the spicy crisp Clairette. The subtle shift in encepagement over the years has led to an extremely positive re-appraisal of the whites from this famous bastion of powerful red wines and this is a perfect example.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer
Domaine des Sénéchaux continues to climb the village’s unwritten hierarchical ladder. The Cazes family (Ch. Lynch-Bages), who own the property, are generous both in their financial investment and in their lack of interference. Winemaker Bernard Tranchecoste has done them proud. 2011 was marked for him by the contrast between its early flowering and the slowing down of the hitherto precocious cycle with some tricky weather towards the end of July. Oidium was conquered finally and the harvest was brought in, in good volume, but over an extended period. The harvest was finished by the end of the first week of October.
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Domaine des Senechaux,
Ready, but will keep,
Three distinctive soils, each with differing clay and sand content, make up the 22 hectares of vines. This 2011 is made up of 62% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 17% Mourvèdre and 1% shared between Vaccarèse and Cinsault. It was aged for a year, undergoing a complex regime which may be summarised as just under half barrel, just over half cask. A nose of leather, provence herbs and plum signals complexity of intent; underlined by the quality of the palate which is ripe and plush, toasty and rich. The wine is a great success.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer
Domaine des Sénéchaux continues to climb the village’s unwritten hierarchical ladder. The Cazes family (Ch. Lynch-Bages), who own the property, are generous both in their financial investment and in their lack of interference. Winemaker Bernard Tranchecoste has done them proud. 2011 was marked for him by the contrast between its early flowering and the slowing down of the hitherto precocious cycle with some tricky weather towards the end of July. Oidium was conquered finally and the harvest was brought in, in good volume, but over an extended period. The harvest was finished by the end of the first week of October.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer
Domaine des Sénéchaux continues to climb the village’s unwritten hierarchical ladder. The Cazes family (Ch. Lynch-Bages), who own the property, are generous both in their financial investment and in their lack of interference. Winemaker Bernard Tranchecoste has done them proud. 2011 was marked for him by the contrast between its early flowering and the slowing down of the hitherto precocious cycle with some tricky weather towards the end of July. Oidium was conquered finally and the harvest was brought in, in good volume, but over an extended period. The harvest was finished by the end of the first week of October.
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Domaine des Senechaux,
Drink now,
Sumptuous, intoxicating aromas of ripe, sweet black fruits combine with warm Asian spices on the nose and a beautifully, plump, juicy creamy palate. This Châteauneuf-du-Pape is decadent, naughty and terrific value: Lynch Bages with a Grenache grenade!
(Simon Staples, BBR Fine Wine Sales Director)
Jean-Michel and son Jean-Charles Cazes have made another great leap in progress in 2007. The result, paradoxically, is the quintessence of Châteauneuf-du- Pape; herbs, spice, pepper and a great mass of richly concentrated fruit. The wine has beautifully supple tannins and monumental length.
(Simon Field MW, Berrys’ Rhône Buyer) Sumptuous, intoxicating aromas of ripe, sweet black fruits combine with warm Asian spices on the nose and a beautifully, plump, juicy creamy palate. This Châteauneuf-du-Pape is decadent, naughty and terrific value: Lynch Bages with a Grenache grenade!
(Simon Staples, BBR Fine Wine Sales Director)
(Simon Staples, BBR Fine Wine Sales Director)
Jean-Michel and son Jean-Charles Cazes have made another great leap in progress in 2007. The result, paradoxically, is the quintessence of Châteauneuf-du- Pape; herbs, spice, pepper and a great mass of richly concentrated fruit. The wine has beautifully supple tannins and monumental length.
(Simon Field MW, Berrys’ Rhône Buyer) Sumptuous, intoxicating aromas of ripe, sweet black fruits combine with warm Asian spices on the nose and a beautifully, plump, juicy creamy palate. This Châteauneuf-du-Pape is decadent, naughty and terrific value: Lynch Bages with a Grenache grenade!
(Simon Staples, BBR Fine Wine Sales Director)
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Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
£300.00
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Domaine des Senechaux,
For laying down,
The blend this year continues to promote Roussanne,
now 35 pcenter and barrel-fermented. Nearly as
important is the modish Clairette (30 percent)
with Grenache Blanc (27 percent) and Bourboulenc
making up the balance. White flowers, orange zest
and crushed almonds are all evidenced here, with
a rich textural harmony which would make an
excellent pairing, over the next couple of years, with
scallops or turbot, amongst many other delights!
Drink now to 2023.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
now 35 pcenter and barrel-fermented. Nearly as
important is the modish Clairette (30 percent)
with Grenache Blanc (27 percent) and Bourboulenc
making up the balance. White flowers, orange zest
and crushed almonds are all evidenced here, with
a rich textural harmony which would make an
excellent pairing, over the next couple of years, with
scallops or turbot, amongst many other delights!
Drink now to 2023.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
En Primeur
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
£126.00
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Domaine des Sénéchaux is one of the oldest domaines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape with a history dating back to the 14th century . The identity of the eponymous old men is something of a mystery; they look a little like Rodin's Burghers of Calais but are, in all likelihood, unrelated.
The estate covers 25 hectares in two excellent areas: 12 hectares near Château la Nerthe and 15 hectares in the Montalivet-Bois des Sénéchaux district, near Château Rayas. The good works to rejeuvenate the estate were initiated by entrepreneur Pascal Roux, but the serious qualitative impulse has, since 2006, been provided by Jean Michel Cazes and his son Jean Charles. The Cazes are, of course, even more famous for their ownership of the superlative Pauillac property Lynch Bages The vineyards have been restored to their former glory and the winemaking facilities have been fully modernised.
The imperative, advocated by the father and adhered to by the son, has been , very importantly, to make a classic Châteauneuf-Du-Pape and not to try and make a great Bordeaux wine in the heart of the Rhône Valley.
The red is a blend of 90% Grenache, 5% Syrah, 3% Mourvèdre and 2% other varietals. Fermentation is in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats and the wines are then matured in French oak barrels for 12- 15 months, some of which are new. The wines are bottled unfiltered.
The white wine only makes up 5% of production; the grapes being Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Bourboulenc and Roussanne, the last of which is fermented in barrique with stirring of the yeast. The white is beautifully perfumed and full of Southern charm.
Delicacy and finesse are the bywords here with the wines being accessible in youth although they tend to show at their best with 7-10 years of bottle ageing. Each year they get better.