2012 LIRAC Rouge Cuvée de la Reine des Bois Domaine de la Mordorée, Lea & Sandeman

LIRAC

2012 Rouge Cuvée de la Reine des Bois Domaine de la Mordorée

Grapes Syrah, Grenache
Colour Red
Origin France, Rhône
District Southern Rhône
Village Lirac
ABV 15%

This has a nice fleshy feel, with plum sauce and melted licorice notes melded with a layer of warm tobacco leaf on the nicely toasty finish. Drink now. Rating: 88 James Molesworth, The Wine Spectator (Jul 2016)


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Even better, and a smoking Lirac that vies for the top wine of the appellation, the 2012 Lirac La Reine des Bois has gorgeous crème de cassis, licorice, pan drippings, wood spice and hints of graphite. Offering knockout purity, full-bodied richness and ultra-fine tannin, it tastes like a top flight Chateauneuf and will drink nicely for over a decade. Drinking range: 2014 - 2024 Rating: 93 Jeb Dunnuck - www.robertparker.com (Jan 2015)

More layered and rich than the 2011, the 2012 Lirac La Reine des Bois has real class and depth. Showing stunning purity and freshness, with classic blackberry, cassis, licorice and cedar, it’s a full-bodied Lirac that will be accessible on release yet evolve gracefully for upward of a decade. Drink 2014-2022. Another reference point estate in Chateauneuf du Pape (of which it seems like there are many), Domaine de la Mordoree includes a whopping 135 acres in total, yet with only 12 of those in Chateauneuf du Pape. The wines are made by the incredibly talented Christophe Delorme, and while they see time in oak and can have a modern feel in their youth, they never lose their Southern Rhone roots and age beautifully. As to the roses, the majority of the 2012s have already been reviewed by Robert Parker earlier this year (and I generally rated them a point or more higher than him) so I’ll just list the new wines here.Jeb Dunnuck - www.robertparker.com (Oct 2013)

Domaine de la Mordorée

Started in 1986 by the Delorme family, Domaine de la Mordorée has become one of the top estates in the Rhône, with arguably the most consistent quality. The word 'Mordorée', literally 'bronze' or 'golden-brown' is one of the many poetic names for a woodcock, the symbol of the domaine. Other such names include the cuvée names - 'La Belle Voyageuse' (the beautiful traveller), and 'La Dame Rousse' (the russet lady). Founding winemaker Christophe Delorme's objective was to be unintrusive and maintain total respect for his terroir and the fruit it produces, striving to achieve a perfect balance between concentration, terroir and balance.

The domaine consists of 55 Hectares, on 38 different parcels, providing a rich, wide range of soils and micro-climates. The whole domaine has been certified organic since 2007.

Following Christophe's untimely death in 2015, his wife and daughter, Madeleine and Ambre, have taken on the running of the domaine, ably assisted by Rémy Chauvet, who was the cellarmaster under Christophe. As Jeb Dunnuck has put it in the Wine Advocate, 'the estate is obviously still in incredibly capable hands'.

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