09 May Rare Cult Wine Pre Sale!
The cult wine from Jerome Bressy is on its way, 2010 Gourt de Mautens, IGP Vaucluse Rouge (formerly a Rasteau AOC wine). 93 pts. ST. This is only the second time in six years my distributor has been able to get any of the wine.
I am scheduled to receive my allotment on Thursday May 15th. Supplies are extremely limited. You can purchase this wine in advance by stopping in the shop, calling or emailing me with your order. It will be on a first come first serve basis. The price is $89.99 per bottle. Below is a little more information about the wine.
2010 Gourt de Mautens, Jérôme Bressy, IGP Vaucluse Rouge.
Blend: 70% Grenache Noir and 30% various: Carignan, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Counoise, Cinsault, Vaccarèse and Terret Noir.
Vinification: after the harvest, the grapes are carried in 20 kg cases; selection of every single cluster using a sorting table; Destemming.; Slow extraction in a 10-20 day maceration; All the grapes are blended together to produce a single wine, a single Cuvée.
Ageing: 12 months in demi-muids (300 liter barrels) and foudre (large barrels); then 18 months in concrete vats. A single bottling, at one time.
It is loaded with chocolate, black raspberries, and kirsch, intermixed with dusty, loamy soil notes, pepper, and the telltale chocolate that comes from the old vine Grenache that bakes in the sun in this high elevation appellation. This is a beauty, slightly rustic but enormously endowed.
“Inky ruby. Expressive aromas of black raspberry, cassis, potpourri and cracked pepper, with a hint of anise in the background. Intensely flavored, penetrating, precise and quite elegant, showing impressive spicy lift to its dark berry and lavender pastille flavors. Finishes extremely long, with fine-grained tannins, bright mineral cut and lingering spiciness.- JR”
– Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar (June 2013), 93 pts