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UPC
code: 7 84585 00040 1
2006 Domaine de la
Mordorée, Lirac Rouge, La Reine des Bois 12/750ml
Yield: 30 hl/ha
Age of the vines: 40 years.
1/3 Grenache, 1/3 Mourvèdre, 1/3 Syrah.
40 year-old vines
The maturation takes place 30%
in oak barrels, 30% in wooden tun and 40% in enameled steel
tank.
Deep dark red color with blueish hints.
Fruity and intense aromas of dried prunes and blackberry with
coffee nuances.
Melted and concentrated tannins, full bodied, very long fresh
finish.
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UPC
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2005
Domaine de la
Mordorée,
Lirac Rouge, LaReine des Bois 12/750ml
"The
brilliant 2005 Lirac La Reine des Bois, which is made from
equal parts Grenache, Mourvedre, and Syrah, and aged in a
combination of tank, wooden foudres, and small oak barrels,
shows notes of ground pepper, melted licorice, roasted meats,
blackberry, and cassis. This is a sensational wine, and
frankly, the best red wine made in Lirac. Full-bodied and
rich, it will hold up for at least 10-12 years.
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Wine Advocate (#173, Oct. 2007), 91 pts
"Powerfully ripe, with raspberry and boysenberry fruit
that never gets heady, thanks to the racy structure, and a
long anise- and graphite-filled finish. An impressive display.
Drink now through 2009. 3,000 cases made. –JM"
- Wine Spectator (Oct 2007), 91 pts
"As
for the 2005 Lirac Cuvee de la Reine des Bois, this wine is
superb, with a dense purple color and a beautifully sweet nose
of blackberries, licorice, smoke, and acacia flowers. The wine
is deep, full-bodied, with tangy acidity, moderately high
tannins, and tremendous texture and length. This is a serious
wine that could compete with some of the finest Chateauneufs.
Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and drink it over the following
15 years.
Drink
2009-2024. Imported by Kysela Père et Fils, LTD."
- Wine Advocate (issue 169), 90-93 pts
National Retail Price:
$54.95 /
bottle
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UPC
code: 7 84585 00534 5
2006
Domaine
de la Mordorée, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, La Reine des Bois 6/750ml
70% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, 5% Syrah, 5% Vaccarese, 5% Cinsault and 5% Counoise.
60 year-old vines
Aged in 50% oak barrels.
Deep ruby red color, red fruits aromas leading
to leather, black truffles and coffee notes. Fat and
concentrated on the palate, with liquorice and fruity flavors.
Pairs well with game and red meats, cheeses.
"Inky purple. Explosively aromatic, captivating bouquet
of raspberry, cherry, mocha and Asian spices. Very sexy wine,
with deep, sweet red and dark fruit preserve flavors, silky
tannins, outstanding palate coverage and lingering
spiciness."
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International Wine Cellar (Jan 2008), 93-95 pts
"Since
1996, their Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de la Reine des Bois has been one of the
stars of the vintage. The blue/purple-hued 2006 exhibits aromas of charcoal,
creme de cassis, roasted herbs, meat juices, licorice, and camphor.
Full-bodied, dense, and concentrated with sweet tannin, adequate acidity, and a
stunningly long finish (40+ seconds), this beauty is one of the vintage’s
most complete and concentrated wines. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2023."
- Wine Advocate (#173, Oct. 2007), 92-95 pts
"Glowing
blackish purple. Very hedonistic – ripe purple fruits,
supple black cherries – a sort of ‘American cuvée’? Lots
of pleasure here – smooth texture but no sacrifice e of
local character. Well done! Neat tannins on the finish as well
as a bit of alcohol but no shortage of fruit in the middle.
Supple – much more supple than the average Châteauneuf.
Traditionalists beware though… Apparently ageing was
variously in barrique, foudre and cuve." 18 Drink 2014-25
- Jancis Robinson, Jan. 2008
National Retail Price:
$135.95 / bottle
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UPC
code: 7 84585 00534 5
2005
Domaine
de la Mordorée, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, La Reine des Bois 6/750ml
"Dark purple. The nose offers a kaleidoscopic
bouquet of dark berry preserves, Asian spices, incense and
fresh flowers. Impressively deep and velvety, with sweet
blackcurrant and boysenberry flavors and gentle mineral lift.
Really stains the palate, finishing with outstanding cling and
sappy persistence. The oak spice, which was so noticeable and
bothersome to me last year, seems to have been nearly
completely absorbed. Mea culpa."
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International Wine Cellar (Jan 2008), 94 pts
"Since
1996, their Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de la Reine des Bois has
been one of the stars of the vintage. The 2005 Chateauneuf du
Pape Cuvee de la Reine des Bois boasts a dense purple color, a
full-bodied, opulent style, moderately high tannin,
sensational concentration, and abundant aromas and flavors of
spring flowers, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, and
spice. It is a meaty, fleshy, tannic effort that brings to
mind the 1998. A brilliant wine for the vintage, it should be
exceptionally long lived. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2025."
- Wine Advocate (#173, Oct. 2007), 95 pts
"Packed with layers of fig, raspberry and blackberry
confiture flavors, this is long and fleshy, with lots of racy
graphite and sweet cocoa notes. The long, ripe, defined finish
shows great grip, with encores of fruit and minerality. Best
from 2008 through 2025. 1,100 cases made. –JM"
- Wine Spectator (Aug 2007), 95 pts
"A
brilliant wine, and again there will be two cuvees, Christophe
Delorme’s 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de la Reine des
Bois has a wonderful, gorgeous black/purple color and a
beautifully sweet nose of blackberries, scorched earth,
graphite, tobacco leaf, and Provencal herbs and spice. Inky,
pure, full-bodied, and tannic with good acidity, this wine is
going to require patience. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2025+.
Sadly, the tiny yields of Mordoree’s vineyards only produced
1,250 cases of the 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de la Reine
des Bois. (By the way, this is a wine in which 40% passes in
small barrels, and 60% is aged in tank, and then the two
components are blended together prior to bottling.). Drink
2013-2025. Imported
by Kysela Père et Fils, LTD."
- Wine Advocate (issue 169), 94-96 pts
"Inky
violet. Powerful, ripe aromas of dark berry liqueur with a
good dose of vanillin oak. Lush, creamy and round, with deep,
sweet boysenberry and mulberry flavors along with exotic oak
spice and vanilla tones. Very long on the finish, with a
palate-saturating flavor of sweet dark berry liqueur note,
with great length and palate coverage. I wonder about the oak
here."
- International Wine Cellar (Jan/Feb. 2007), 89-92
pts
National Retail Price:
$135.95 / bottle
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UPC code: 7 84585 00684 7
2005
Domaine de la Mordorée, Châteauneuf-du-Pape,
La Plume du Peintre
12/750ml
100%
Grenache.
"A
limited cuvee, the 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape La Plume du
Peintre is meant to age for 40-50 years. From a specific site
in one of the appellation’s most hallowed sectors (La Crau),
this wine’s level of concentration, richness, extract, and
harmony are almost beyond comprehension. With beautifully
integrated acidity, tannin, and alcohol, it is a monster wine
the likes of which are rarely seen today. The lucky few who
are able to latch on to a bottle will be singing its glories
fifty years from now."
- Wine Advocate (#173, Oct. 2007), 98 pts
"A stunning combination of density and purity, with a
nearly distilled essence of kirsch and blackberry fruit that's
layered with exotic fig, graphite, licorice and spice cake
notes. The long finish is full throttle, yet racy and
balanced. 100 percent Grenache. Drink now through 2009. 125
cases made."
- Wine Spectator (Apr 2008), 97 pts
"Inky ruby. Room-filling bouquet evokes dark cherry,
boysenberry, graphite, fresh lavender and anise.
Palate-staining red and dark berry liqueur flavors are
uncannily fresh and precise, managing to be both hugely
concentrated and strikingly fresh at once. With its echoing
notes of sweet dark berry preserves and minerals, this
stunning wine doesn't ever seem to finish."
- International Wine Cellar (Jan 2008), 96 pts
"As
in 2003, Delorme has produced a 1,500-bottle cuvee of the 2005
La Plume du Peintre, which is 100% Grenache, all of it from
old vines on one of the famed sectors of Chateauneuf du Pape,
the lieu-dit known as La Crau. Tipping the scales at 16.3%
alcohol, this wine is aged two-thirds in neutral wood and tank
and one-third in small barrels. It is 100% destemmed Grenache
and is meant to last 30-40 years. I wouldn’t be surprised to
see the 2003 and 2005 last 40-50 years. The 2005 is inky
blue/purple in color with an extraordinary nose of
blueberries, off-the-chart levels of polyphenols and dry
extract. Tasting just like the concentrated essence of a
vintage port but totally dry, this is profound stuff and
probably the Chateauneuf du Pape of the vintage, but with such
a minuscule production, only a few bottles will ever make it
outside the domaine. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2035. Imported
by Kysela Père et Fils, LTD."
- Wine Advocate (issue 169), 96-100 pts
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UPC code: 7 84585 00684 7
2003
Domaine de la Mordorée, Châteauneuf-du-Pape,
La Plume du Peintre
12/750ml
1/3 Grenache, 1/3 Mourvèdre, 1/3 Syrah.
80 year-old vines
Aged in 100% oak barrels.
Deep ruby red and opaque color. Red fruits aromas with notes
of leather, mocha, black truffles and coffee. Fat and
concentrated on the palate, flavorful with an endless
licoriced and fruity finish.
Pairs well with red and game meats, cheeses.
"Christophe Delorme believes the 125-case cuvee of
2003 Chateauneuf du Pape La Plume du Peintre will live for 50
to 100 years. When I looked at the technical
analysis, I found this wine to be literally off the charts,
and I have certainly never seen a wine from either the
southern or northern Rhone with such incredible numbers in
terms of dry extract and polyphenol levels. It is no shy wine
at 16% alcohol, but it seems incredibly well-balanced although
strikingly backward. It is like the concentrated essence of
blackberries, scorched earth, and an almost liquefied steel
and spice component. Huge and amazingly pure, with profound
concentration, magnificent body, and a finish that just seems
to be endless, this is the stuff of legends, but there is
virtually none of it in the marketplace. Give it about 4-5
years of bottle age and drink it over the following 30+ years."
-
Robert Parker Jr., The Wine Advocate (Issue 163) - 99
pts
"Dark, saturated ruby. Flamboyantly aromatic nose offers
creme de mure, exotic oak spices, dark chocolate and pipe
tobacco. Thick and creamy in texture, showing deeply
concentrated kirsch, blackberry and baking spice flavors that
saturate the palate and cling endlessly. The round, sweet
tannins beautifully complement the lush fruit. A dramatic,
stunning effort, but only 1,500 bottles were produced."
- Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, 95 pts
National Retail Price: $320.00 / bottle
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