Château La Voulte-Gasparets - Cuvée Romain Pauc 2014

Name: Château La Voulte-Gasparets - Cuvée Romain Pauc 2014
Brand: Château La Voulte-Gasparets
Rating: 3.7 (6 reviews)

Corbières Boutenac|Red wine

Languedoc

Red

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3.7/5 (6 customers)

16/20

RVF

(2013 vintage notes)

This Boutenac cru, at the very top of the Corbières wine hierarchy, combines all the criteria of a great Languedoc cuvée: aromatic intensity, complexity, integrated oakiness. Irresistible! Delivery in wooden cases for orders of 6 bottles of this wine.

Features

Estate

Château La Voulte-Gasparets

Cuvée

Romain Pauc

Vintage

2014

Designation

Corbières Boutenac

Region

Languedoc

Grape varieties

50% Carignan, 25% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah

Terroirs

rolled pebble soils

Viticulture

traditional and meticulous

Harvest

manual

Winemaking

whole bunches (16 days) in concrete and stainless steel vats.

Breeding

12 months in stave oak barrels (20% new barrels, 80% barrels of 1, 2 and 3 wines)

Alcohol content

14 %

Tasting & pairing

Eye

deep, dark, brilliant red colour

Nose

powerful and distinguished, with great finesse, blending floral and fruity aromas

Mouth

full-bodied and fleshy, sustained by lovely fruit and firm but pleasant tannins, very good balance

Serve

at 16-18°C

Open

1h before

Drink from

2016

Drink before

2021

Production

280,000 bottles

Food and wine pairing

enjoy with cassoulet, baked lamb, porcini fricassee, kidneys in Madeira sauce...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (2016 guide) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the domain :

Patrick Reverdy and his son Laurent are very attached to their Carignan vines, a specialty of the Corbières-Boutenac terroir. We're right in the middle of the delimited zone for this cru. The basic cuvée is a Corbières benchmark. The cuvée romain-pauc, named after one of the family's forebears, blends carignan and grenache grapes well into their forties with younger syrahs and mourvèdres.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated (2016 guide) 16/20 (Vintage 2013) (Very good wine)

Domaine noté (guide 2017) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and that, as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the domain :

Driven by the desire to reveal the uniqueness of the Boutenac terroir, five generations have built the reputation of this benchmark Corbières estate. Patrick Reverdy and his son Laurent are committed to enhancing the value of their old carignans, the backbone of their production. Vinified by carbonic maceration, Carignan accounts for half of the blend in the emblematic Cuvée Romain Pauc. While many are making rapid progress in the Corbières, La Voulte-Gasparets has not been left behind, and in recent vintages has produced very consistent wines which, moreover, often age well.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.7/5

out of 6 reviews

Note and review by M. PIERRE F. Published on 16/10/2016

In the more than 20 years I've been buying this cuvée, I've never been disappointed. The century-old Carignan grapes give this wine a classy texture and velvety texture. It's said that this wine beat a Petrus in a blind tasting, that's for sure! Keep it for a few years, it will gain body.