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Domaine de Courbissac Minervois Roc du Suzadou 2015

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Domaine de Courbissac Minervois Roc du Suzadou 2015
Domaine de Courbissac Minervois Roc du Suzadou 2015
Producer Courbissac
Region, Country Minervois, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 14654-750

Organic. As Claux gets to understand her vineyards in more detail, certain parcels are bound to stand out more than others. One such vineyard, close to the cellar, is home to some 70-year-old Carignan and some 90-year-old Grenache on clay/limestone soils. Brunnhilde Claux calls the wine from this site Roc du Suzadou, after one of Minervois highest peaks. She considers it her ‘grand cru’ wine. Fascinatingly, Claux told us that she had recently been told (by an old wine-growing family in the area) that the rootstock used in this site is grafted to a phylloxera resistant clone derived from French vine species. We did not know that such a rootstock existed, and neither, it turns out, do most of the French! You learn something new every day. Today, most Minervois producer’s top cuvée is based at least partly on Syrah. Not so here.

Domaine de Courbissac Minervois Roc du Suzadou 2015
Domaine de Courbissac Minervois Roc du Suzadou 2015

Reviews

"Produced from a blend of 90-year-old Grenache and 70-year-old Carignan, the 2015 Minervois Roc Suzadou was aged in foudre, so there's no hint of new oak. Hints of violets appear on the nose, along with savory notions of black olives and garrigue, while the medium to full-bodied palate is sturdy, framed by rich tannins. There's enough plum and blackberry fruit to round things out, and the tannins are ripe, so there's no lack of generosity on the mouthwatering finish."
92 points, Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Advocate
"This exceptional red wine is made using grapes picked from 70-year-old carignan and 90-year-old grenache bush vines planted in a rugged patch of dirt close to the cellar. It has plenty of dense dark fruit and a rich, wild meatiness to it, as you'd expect in a dry-grown, old-vine wine from part of the world, but it also has wonderful poise and balance, the fine, supple tannins flowing across the palate in a most seductive fashion."
Max Allen, The Australian Financial Review

Reviews

"Produced from a blend of 90-year-old Grenache and 70-year-old Carignan, the 2015 Minervois Roc Suzadou was aged in foudre, so there's no hint of new oak. Hints of violets appear on the nose, along with savory notions of black olives and garrigue, while the medium to full-bodied palate is sturdy, framed by rich tannins. There's enough plum and blackberry fruit to round things out, and the tannins are ripe, so there's no lack of generosity on the mouthwatering finish."
92 points, Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Advocate
"This exceptional red wine is made using grapes picked from 70-year-old carignan and 90-year-old grenache bush vines planted in a rugged patch of dirt close to the cellar. It has plenty of dense dark fruit and a rich, wild meatiness to it, as you'd expect in a dry-grown, old-vine wine from part of the world, but it also has wonderful poise and balance, the fine, supple tannins flowing across the palate in a most seductive fashion."
Max Allen, The Australian Financial Review

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