Delas Cote Rotie Seigneur de Maugiron 2011
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This wine pairs well with fine meats, roast beef, water games, truffles and spicy stews. It is recommended to open the bottle one to three hours before drinking and decanted if the wine has been laid down for more than 5 years.
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A blend of 70 percent Côte Brune syrah and 30 percent Côte Blonde, this is tight and polished, ample time in oak giving it a vanilla sheen. The fruit feels à point, cherry-red and firm, dark rose scents adding a hint of delicacy. A reserved Côte Rôtie for drinking now through 2020.
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The 2011 Cote Rotie Seigneur de Maugiron is a superb effort that excels in the vintage. Juicy and lively, with a medium to full-bodied, elegant and classic profile on the palate, it exhibits plenty of classic olive tapenade, bacon, smoked meat and ground pepper, with a core of raspberry and mulberry-styled fruit. A blend of 100% Syrah that spent 16 months in 30% new French oak, this beauty will drink nicely for 15 years or more.
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A sleek and floral style, with alluring bergamot, cherry and blood orange notes, lined with rooibos tea, iron and savory hints. A sanguine echo graces the finish. Drink now through 2022.
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Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
The cultivation of vines here began with Greek settlers who arrived in 600 BC. Its proximity to Vienne was important then and also when that city became a Roman settlement but its situation, far from the negociants of Tain, led to its decline in more modern history. However the 1990s brought with it a revival fueled by one producer, Marcel Guigal, who believed in the zone’s potential. He, along with the critic, Robert Parker, are said to be responsible for the zone’s later 20th century renaissance.
Where the Rhone River turns, there is a build up of schist rock and a remarkable angle that produces slopes to maximize the rays of the sun. Cote Rotie remains one of the steepest in viticultural France. Its varied slopes have two designations. Some are dedicated as Côte Blonde and others as Côte Brune. Syrahs coming from Côte Blonde are lighter, more floral, and ready for earlier consumption—they can also include up to 20% of the highly scented Viognier. Those from Côte Brune are more sturdy, age-worthy and are typically nearly 100% Syrah. Either way, a Cote Rotie is going to have a particularly haunting and savory perfume, expressing a more feminine side of the northern Rhone.