M. Chapoutier - Luberon La Ciboise rouge 2016

Name: M. Chapoutier - Luberon La Ciboise red 2016
Brand: M. Chapoutier
Rating: 3.5 (15 reviews)

Luberon|Red wine

Rhône

Red

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3.5/5 (15 customers)

After ten months on fine lees, this Grenache-Syrah from the Luberon region gives off complex, fine aromas of black fruits and spices. On the palate, the attack is frank and the tannin tight. The black fruits present on the nose and the elegance that is the hallmark of M.Chapoutier wines.

Features

Estate

M. Chapoutier

Cuvée

La Ciboise

Vintage

2016

Designation

Luberon

Region

Rhône

Grape varieties

Grenache Noir, Syrah

Terroirs

Stony scree soils on sandy clay, at the foot of the Luberon mountain barrier.

Viticulture

traditional and meticulous

Harvest

at optimum maturity

Winemaking

traditional from 15 to 21 days

Breeding

in vats, 9 to 12 months, on fine lees

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Intense garnet-red, brilliant, limpid with violet highlights.

Nose

complex, fine, with spicy notes (nutmeg, pepper) and black fruit.

Mouth

Clean attack with a tight tannic structure. Well-balanced with notes of black fruit (blueberry, blackberry, blackcurrant). Very elegant, with great finesse and long persistence.

Serve

at 14-16°C

Drink from

2017

Drink before

2019

Food and wine pairing

enjoy with roast pork, charcuterie, simple vegetable dishes...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (guide 2024) 5*Stars (Exceptional producers, those who represent the absolute pinnacle of quality in France and the world)

About the domain :

Today, Michel Chapoutier is ably supported by his children Mathilde and Maxime, to run the most important wine house in the Northern Rhône, and a long-standing specialist in Hermitage and Crozes-Hermitage. Chapoutier is not only a major wine merchant, but also a producer of top-flight domaine cuvées, as the estate's vines have long been cultivated biodynamically. Sélections parcellaires, the top-of-the-range wines, perfectly reflect Chapoutier's philosophy: parcel-based, single-varietal and produced every year, they are above all a reflection of the terroir, in all its good aspects and sometimes its excesses.

Guide Hachette des vins

Domaine noté (guide 2023) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

This venerable (19th c.) and unmissable house, brought into international orbit by Michel Chapoutier in the 1990s, offers a wide range from its own vineyards (345 ha, biodynamic) or purchased grapes, in most of the Rhône Valley's leading appellations, as well as in Roussillon and Alsace. His children, Mathilde and Maxime, have recently joined the family adventure.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

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

Domaine noté (guide 2023) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and 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 :

Under the Maison M. Chapoutier address, we bring together wines from the trading activities of this two-hundred-year-old institution in Tain-l'Hermitage. Michel Chapoutier, now accompanied by his daughter Mathilde, offers a wide range of Rhône appellations, with a production volume approaching one million bottles. But the Chapoutier name is also present in other regions (Champagne, Alsace, Languedoc and Australia), a testament to the family's dynamism. While some cuvées are convincing, others are far more unspectacular. This heterogeneity has led us to withdraw the star from the house this year.

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Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.5/5

out of 15 reviews