Domaine des Amouriers Les Genestes, Vacqueyras, France

阿穆爾酒莊基尼斯紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：3949

One of the finest Vacqueyras I have yet tasted from this estate, the 2010 Vacqueyras Les Genestes is a blend of 53% Grenache (from 60 year old vines) and 47% Syrah (from 40 year old vines) aged in concrete tanks before being bottled unfiltered. A sensational effort, it offers lots of blueberry, blackberry, licorice, truffle, graphite and pen ink characteristics. Dense and full-bodied with good acidity and sweet tannin, this enormously endowed Vacqueyras should age well for 10-15 years.(Not yet released)Domaines des Amouriers, owned by the Chudzikiewicz family, has been one of the most reliable and consistent producers of top-flight Vacqueyras for many years. They have a total of 75 acres of vines of which 37 are in Vacqueyras, an up-and-coming appellation increasingly prized for consistency and high quality.Importers: J & R Selections, Lansing, MI; tel. (517) 393-4441; Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083; David Vincent Selections, NJ; and J and J Importers, Bloomfield Hills, MI; tel. (248) 528-9463

The blockbuster 2010 Vacqueyras Les Genestes is a candidate for Vacqueyras of the vintage. A blend of 53% Grenache and 47% Syrah aged totally in concrete, it came in at 15.5% natural alcohol. Boasting a full-bodied mouthfeel as well as a terrific nose of licorice, white chocolate, creme de cassis and kirsch, it is a pure, heady, sumptuously textured, full-throttle, pedal-to-the metal Vacqueyras that is classic Provencal in its aromatic and flavor profiles. Enjoy it over the next decade. Domaines des Amouriers, owned by the Chudzikiewicz family, has long been one of my favorite Vacqueyras estates. As long as I have been writing about the Rhone Valley, Amouriers has been making top-flight wines. Traditionally made Vacqueyras is produced from their 35-acre vineyard beautifully situated on the plateau of “Garrigue,” just north of the village of Sarrians. Importers: J & R Selections, Lansing, MI; tel. (517) 393-4441; Robert Kacher Selections, New York, NY; tel. (212) 239-1275; David Vincent Selections, NJ; and J and J Importers, Bloomfield Hills, MI; tel. (248) 528-9463