Delas Cote Rotie Seigneur de Maugiron 2017
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The color is deep crimson. The powerful yet subtle nose of Côte-Rôtie "Seigneur de Maugiron" has blackcurrant, redcurrant, licorice and smoky aromas, underscored with light woody notes. The palate shows a tightly-knit tannic framework. The wine is well-balanced with a silky texture. It combines fine concentration with great delicacy.
Pairs well with fine meats, roast beef, water games, truffles, spicy stews. The bottle should be opened 1 to 3 hours before serving and decanted if the wine has been laid down for more than 5 years.
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Jeb Dunnuck
From parcels in both the Côte Blonde and Côte Brune, the 100% Syrah 2017 Côte Rôtie Seigneur De Maugiron offers more black fruits, scorched earth, and graphite, with more obvious tannins. Deep, rich, and concentrated, it's doesn't have the silky, seamless style of the La Landonne but is a brilliant, layered wine that's going to benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and keep for 15+.
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James Suckling
This has quite composed, very spicy and attractive florals and white pepper, as well as woody spices, licorice and stones. The palate offers a sleek, fine yet long and powerful impression of ripe red plums and summer berries. Very composed. 100% syrah. Try from 2023.
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Wine Spectator
Well-packed, with red and black currant compote, dried bay leaf, singed mesquite and sanguine notes, all running through an iron-tinged finish. Solid grip. Best from 2022 through 2038.
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Wine Enthusiast
Ripe but pristine blackberry and cassis are fresh and juicy in this primary but elegant wine. Medium bodied and vibrantly composed, it’s lifted by crisp acidity and taut, persistent tannins. The finish lingers on delicate notes of cocoa, licorice and black pepper. At peak now– 2030.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Coming primarily from the lieu-dit of Leyat, Delas's 2017 Cote Rotie Seigneur de Maugiron is on the elegant side, with silky tannins framing mixed berry fruit. It's medium to full-bodied, fine and harmonious, with red raspberries dominating the finish. It should be approachable young yet drink well for a decade. Tasted twice (once blind), with consistent notes.
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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.