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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by 559Cheers on 2/5/2023 & rated 92 points: Beautiful, complex nose. Aged, ripe fruit on the palette. Seems hot.
*4th night really has pulled together and a nice balanced bottle. (286 views) | | | Tasted by coolfella on 9/21/2022 & rated 89 points: Bottle in a great condition. PnP. Tabaco dominated on the nose with some herbal notes. Quite sweet and ripe on the palate. Tannins are there but resolving. It may last for some time but it doesn't seem to improve with time. (412 views) | | | Tasted by diegopia on 3/9/2021 & rated 90 points: Few tannins left. Nose of mature cherries, plum, some pepper. Overall a great positive surprise for a not so great vintage year. Paired with coq-au-vin! (710 views) | | | Tasted by bwr on 12/7/2007 & rated 92 points: white pepper, smokey meat nose with some fruit taste but green, white pepper taste and long finish with some tannins left. garnet in color. (3199 views) | | | Tasted by Joe Belmaati on 5/5/2004 & rated 94 points: Brownish in the glass. Wonderful scents of brown sugar, chalk, soil, and dust on the nose. In the mouth the wine has excellent purity and density with great structure - some signs of age - with plenty of complex nuances, intensity and a really interesting and attractive mint character. Superb definition and length with an aftertaste on notes of Christmas spices (cardamom, and cinnamon) and orange peel that, despite being slightly rustic, rounded up nicely and came together. (3432 views) | | | Tasted by Rani on 4/18/2004 & rated 91 points: This wine was showing its age with a clear brick red hue. The nose was at first quite vegetal and peppery - green peppercorns primarily. However after 20 minutes in the glass, a very agreeable compote of sweet fruit emerged. On the palate it is not green at all and presents sweet fruit, is slightly gamey/smokey and still with some tannins. Overall a very good wine which is now reaching maturity and makes great accompaniment to food. (3329 views) | | | Tasted by mdefreitas on 2/5/1999 flawed bottle: Pre Auction Wine Tasting w/ lots of Sassicaia (NYC): Scents and flavors of rotten fruits. Must be a bad bottle. (3765 views) |
| Domaine de Marcoux Producer website - Read more about Domaine de Marcoux
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)
Owners: Catherine and Sofie Armenier (Estevenin)
Address: Chemin de la Gironde, 84100 Chateauneuf du Pape.
Tel. 490 346 743
Direct sale: Yes, but best to make an appointment.
Until the late nineties Marcoux was run by Phillipe Armenier. The bio-dynamic principles inspired by Rudolf Steiner meant very much to him. The planning of the works in the fields and the cellars was done out from the phases of the lunar cycle. In connexion with this the practice in the vineyards of course was (and stil is) strictly organic. Suddenly Phillipe Armenier left the domaine - and France. He lives today in California. Back at the domain is since then the two sisters Catherine and Sofie Armenier. They are perhaps not quite as focused on stars and planets as Phillipe but bio-dynamic principles also means a lot to them. Catherine is responsible for the fields and Sofie for the vinification. They both do it with great succes.
The Armenier family has deep roots in Chateauneuf du Pape. They can date their forefathers back to 1344.
Marcoux has 17.5 ha. One of them with white varieties. The average age is about 50 years. 5.5 ha is 90 years old. Half of these old vines are used for Vieilles Vignes. The rest goes to the classic cuvée. The vinification is traditional for the appellation with maturing mostly in foudres. The principles can be described by citing Sofie Armenier: “We interfere with the vinification as little as possible. We don’t do any pigeage to get color, because we just don’t want to get in the way of the fruit.”
From only 2 ha. is made Cotes du Rhone and furthermore a Lirac, from vineyards in this appellation, made in cooperation with Louis Canto at Domaine de la Ronciere.
Red Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. Vieilles Vignes Old Vine/Vieilles Vignes (Wikipedia)France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Southern Rhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Southern Rhone Valley
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation - Read more about Chateauneuf du Pape
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"As I have written many times in the past, the sweet spot for drinking Châteauneuf du Papes is usually the first 5-6 years after the vintage. Then they seem to go through an adolescent, awkward, and sometimes dormant stage, only to re-emerge around year 10-12, where the majority of wines are often fully mature. The best of them will continue to hold on to life (but rarely improving) beyond 15-20 years. It is only the exceptional Châteauneuf du Papes that will evolve for 20-25+ years, and those are indeed a rarity. However, things may be improving dramatically in terms of the longevity of Châteauneuf du Pape, although Grenache-dominated wines, the vast majority of wines produced in the appellation, are wines that do not have the polyphenol (extract and tannin) content of top Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlots, or Syrah-based wines. Nevertheless, the younger generation in Châteauneuf du Pape has taken seriously the farming in the vineyards. There are more organic and biodynamically run vineyards here than in any other appellation of France. The yields, which were already low, are even lower today (20-35 hectoliters per hectare), and of course, the proliferation of top luxury and/or old-vine cuvées gives a significant boost to the number of wines that will evolve past 25 or 30 years. The advantage of these wines is their broad window of drinkability." - Robert Parker
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