LIRAC
2021 Rouge Cuvée de la Reine des Bois Domaine de la Mordorée
| Grapes | Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Rhône |
| Other | Bio-dynamic, Certified Organic |
| District | Southern Rhône |
| Village | Lirac |
| ABV | 14.5% |
Fleshier and slightly darker fruit profile, blackberry, plums and pepper. Again quite taut, bright acid lift, fruit is darker, blackberry, perfumed, plums and damsons. Lovely tannic frame holding the deep saturated fruit, good push and spice on the finish. L&S (Jul 2023)
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Fragrant nose of black and blue berries, together with delicate notes of licorice, sandalwood and bergamot. Rich and concentrated, but decisively dry. The fine tannins have a wonderful bitter-chocolate flavor and drive this full-bodied wine over the palate with astonishing briskness. Very long, powdery finish with plenty of spicy complexity. A cuvee of grenache, syrah and mourvedre. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drink or hold. Drinking range: 2023 - Rating: 94 Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com (May 2023)
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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