2020 CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE La Dame Voyageuse Domaine de la Mordorée, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE

2020 La Dame Voyageuse Domaine de la Mordorée

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Grapes Mourvèdre, Syrah, Grenache
Colour Red
Origin France, Rhône
Other Certified Organic
District Southern Rhône
Village Châteauneuf du Pape
ABV 13.5%

90% Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah. Nice bright colour, floral nose, red currant and violets, white pepper soft and supple raspberry, strawberry, lots of juicy acidity too, very long & flowing, really good and in great balance. L&S (Jul 2022)

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A fragrant and spicy Chateauneuf that marries richness and structure with finesse and fascination. The fine tannins build beautifully at the self-confidently dry finish, where spicy and chalky elements mingle beautifully, with just a hint of milk chocolate neatly accenting this. A complex blend based on grenache. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drink or hold. Rating: 94 Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com (May 2023)

Bright violet. Primary red and dark berry and garrigue scents are complemented by licorice and white pepper flourishes. Appealingly sweet and open-knit, offering energetic raspberry, cherry cola and lavender pastille flavors that tighten steadily with aeration. Shows fine clarity and spicy cut on a long, penetrating finish that's given shape by subtly chewy tannins. Drinking range: 2025 - 2032 Rating: 92 Josh Raynolds, www.vinousmedia.com (Oct 2021)

Starting with the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Dame Voyageuse, which is always a more Grenache-dominated release, it offers a ruby/purple hue as well as a classy, perfumed Grenache nose of wild strawberries, cherries, dried flowers, and peppery garrigue. Playing in the medium to full-bodied, elegant style of the vintage, it has ripe yet present tannins, good purity, and outstanding length. The blend is 90% Grenache, 4% each of Syrah and Mourvèdre, and the balance Vaccarèse and Counoise. While this cuvée is billed as the entry level/second wine of the estate, it’s made in a very different style than the Reine des Bois and is well worth your time and money. Rating: 90-92 Jeb Dunnuck, www.jebdunnuck.com (Mar 2021)

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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