Winemaker Notes
The Rêve de Scipion displays a deep garnet color. Its bouquet reveals vibrant red fruits, spices, and smoky notes. The wine glides smoothly across the palate, offering a persistent mouthfeel and refined, elegant tannins. The finish is long and harmonious.
Blend: 75% Syrah, 22% Grenache, 3% Mourvèdre
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Shows power and weight on a caressing frame, with ripe cherry and raspberry notes woven with salty herbs, incense smoke and tapenade. Graphite forms a sturdy frame, and the tannins start silky before building subtly in strength for the savory, smoky finish, brushed with toast and bitter mineral details. Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre.
Full-bodied and flavorful, white Rhône blends originate from France’s Rhône Valley. Today these blends are also becoming popular in other regions. Typically some combination of Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier form the basis of a white Rhône blend with varying degrees of flexibility depending on the exact appellation. Somm Secret—In the Northern Rhône, blends of Marsanne and Roussanne are common but the south retains more variety. Marsanne, Roussanne as well as Bourboulenc, Clairette, Picpoul and Ugni Blanc are typical.
Stretching across the slopes of the Ventoux mountain in the southeastern region of the Rhône River Valley, Cotes du Ventoux excels in the production of spicy and characterful red blends based on Grenache, Syrah, and other indigenous varieties. The region also produces rich and aromatic whites and rosés.