Château d'Or et de Gueules - La Bolida 2017
Rhône
Red
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Drink or Keep
92/100
Wine Enthusiast
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90/100
Gilbert & Gaillard
"This Mourvèdre from old vines is complemented by 10% Grenache, representing a rich, powerful red. Aged in French oak for 18 months, it's a sumptuous wine with sunny blueberry and mulberry flavors and intoxicating accents of toast, vanilla and coconut. Ripe tannins accentuate its luxurious style. Drink now to 2027." (Wine Enthusiast 2020)
Features
Estate
Château d'Or et de Gueules
Cuvée
La Bolida
Vintage
2017
Designation
Costières de Nîmes
Region
Rhône
Grape varieties
90% Vieux Mourvèdre (90 ans), 10% Grenache : sélection de parcelles à petits rendements
Terroirs
Rolled pebbles
Viticulture
Certified organic
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
De-stemming, long vatting with punching of the cap only, second fermentation in barrels
Breeding
In barrels for 12 months, followed by 12 to 18 months in a truncated-conical vat made of oak from the Orléans forest, unfiltered.
Alcohol content
14,5%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Dark "ink" color
Nose
Unveils intense aromas of black fruit and liquorice
Mouth
Superb, well-structured and deep. Fine, powerful tannins. Unctuous, fatty texture.
Serve
AT 17-18°C
Open
1h before
Drink before
2027+
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with bull's T-bone, hind stew with grand veneur sauce, aged cow's milk cheeses...
Château d'Or et de Gueules
Costières de Nîmes
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (2020 guide) 1*Star (A serious, recommendable production, in line with what one has the right to expect from its appellation(s))
About the domain :
Diane de Puymorin settled in 1998 on a terroir of rolled pebbles and sandstone, at the gateway to the Camargue, on the southern slopes of the Costières-de-Nîmes. The family coat of arms, in gold and red (gules in Old French), gives its name to the estate, a 50-hectare vineyard that produces wines of strong personality, playing on power and extraction while retaining fine tannins. Vinification takes place in concrete tanks, followed by barrel or tank ageing, depending on the grape variety. The white cuvées are impressive for their refreshing textures and spontaneity. In the reds, the cuvée les-cimels is the most accessible, fruit-driven, but with a fine concentration of substance. Trassegum and la-bolida are powerful, extracted wines, with more ambitious ageing in wood.
Guide Hachette des vins
Domaine noté (guide 2020) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the domain :
The name of this estate, created in 1998 by Diane de Puymorin, evokes the colors of the family coat of arms, striped gold and red (gules). The vineyard covers 60 ha of organic vineyards, and the conversion to biodynamic viticulture is underway (10 ha already certified). An original feature: music therapy is used in the vineyards. One of the best references in costières-de-nîmes, with the added bonus of keeping old vintages in stock.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
Wine Enthusiast
Wine rated (2020 guide) 92/100
About the wine:
This Mourvèdre from old vines is complemented by 10% Grenache, resulting in a rich, powerful red. Aged in French oak for 18 months, it's a sumptuous wine with sunny blueberry and mulberry flavors and intoxicating accents of toast, vanilla and coconut. Ripe tannins accentuate its luxurious style. Drink now to 2027.
Gilbert & Gaillard
Wine rated (2020 guide) 90/100
About the wine:
Dark garnet color. Inviting nose of black fruits (blackberry, blueberry), redcurrant, fine spices, smoke. Delicious, full-bodied attack, suave, full-bodied, virile palate with powerful southern fragrances. Still firm, but already expresses itself brilliantly.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
3/5
out of 2 reviews
Note and review by M. VINCENT B. Published on 02/12/2024
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Note and review by M. YVES G. Published on 08/07/2024
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