LE PETIT ROY

2015 Domaine Jean Royer

Grapes Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache
Colour Red
Origin France, Vin de France
ABV 14.5%

As well as owning vines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, (his most recent relases have been scored 92-94 by the Wine Advocate) Jean-Marie Royer has some other vines in Côtes du Rhône Villages, Côtes du Rhône and some that are unclassified. With all these and the young Châteauneuf vines he makes this velvety cuvée which has a wonderfully rounded softly-spiced drinkability. Rating: 88-90 L&S (Mar 2017)


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Feisty and fruity, this southern Rhône blend comes from a combination of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Côtes du Rhône Villages and Côtes du Rhône fruit. Its boundless energy really carries the generous spiced black fruit to give an overall impression of weighty flavour without being heavy at all.Jane Parkinson, www.janeparkinson.com (Dec 2017)

Tastes like a miniature Châteauneuf-du-Pape – big and perfumed, all confit red fruits and dried herbs. A mix of young Châteauneuf, unclassified, and Côtes du Rhône vines. Best Red Wines for Christmas 2017Victoria Moore, The Daily Telegraph (Nov 2017)

Le Petit Roy has been a staple in my cellar for years. Made by Jean-Marie Royer, this is the younger offspring of his Châteauneuf-du-Pape. A classic blend of grenache, syrah and mourvèdre, it’s soft and spicy, with a peppery garrigue character.Will Lyons, The Sunday Times (Oct 2017)

Domaine Jean Royer

Jean-Marie Royer inherited his vines in 1985 and set about improving the grape varietal mix and the vinification from then. Since more than half of the domaine is in unclassified ('Vin de Table') or 'Côtes du Rhône, he has developed a marque 'Le Petit Roy' sold as Vin de Table' for everything that does not make it into the Châteauneuf cuvées. The Petit Roy has always been a big hit in the shops ever since first joining our list.

His Châteauneufs are just gorgeous and offer refreshingly fantastic value for money. He has undoubtedly been much helped his close friend, the late star oenologist Philippe Cambié, who he went to school with and also played rugby with for many years. Cambié was more famous for a full-on rather extracted style, but Jean-Marie imposed his own, fresher, brighter style on all his wines which are crunchy and well-defined, helping cement these elegant expressions of Grenache as some of the finest from Châteauneuf.

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