Tardieu-Laurent Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes Red 2020

Tardieu-Laurent Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes Red 2020

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( regular price: $29.99 )

Captivating, perfumed, nose, on notes of dried flowers and oriental spices. A wine you will appreciate in its early years.

Blend: 70% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah

Wine Spectator: 90
A harmonious wine, with baked cherry, red licorice and macerated plum interwoven with wet brick, chalky minerals and wild fresh rosemary, all supported by a frame of fine-grained tannins. Drinking beautifully now. Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. Drink now through 2026. 650 cases made, 175 cases imported.
Decanter: 92
Detailed and fresh, with flecks of candied raspberry, damson and baking spices. Full-bodied, smooth, well balanced and harmonious, this is classically Vacqueyras in character, with a little added polish. The alcohol is high, but this is nonetheless very good.
Jeb Dunnuck: 92
The 2020 Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes has a kiss of background oak as well as more exotic, lifted notes of black and blue fruits, incense, and orange blossom. It’s medium to full-bodied, has a wonderful core of fruit, and just a forward, mouth-filling style perfect for enjoying over the coming 7–8 years.