Montirius Vacqueyras 2001

Rhone Red Blends

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Product Details

Varietal

Rhone Red Blends

Producer

Montirius

Vintage

2001

Size

750ML

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Winemaker Notes

"Christine and Eric Saurel run this small estate outside of Vacqueyras biodynamically; their vines date to 1925; and those factors, combined with the family's five generations of experience, helped them create a delicious 2001. It's the sort of delicious that makes you want to stop everything to concentrate on the red cherry flavors, the spice, the dance of the acidity that keeps it so lively—the sort of delicious that makes you say I don't really care if it lacks complexity; I just want more."
-Wine & Spirits

Classic southern Rhone wine showing big ruby colour, intense concentration of fruit with red cherries and spice followed by an amazingly long, long, velvety finish. 60% Grenache, 40% Syrah

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Other Vintages

1999

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Montirius

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Eric and Christine Saurel began bottling wine under the Montirius label with the 1996 vintage (the name is a contraction of their childrens’ names: Manon, Justine, and Marius). Eric is the fifth generation to assume the mantle of vigneron in the Saurel family. His grandfather was instrumental in the development of the Vacqueyras co-op after WWI and the Saurels remained important members until 2002, when Eric and Christine pulled out.

The Montirius vineyards have been organic since 1990 and certified biodynamic since 1999. The Saurels make the following wines with a decided emphasis on purity--they are made entirely in large cement vats without any wood influences.

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