Grand Veneur Lirac Clos du Sixte 2010

12 x 75cl

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£107.00

  • Colour

    Red

  • Vintage

    2010

  • Producer

    Grand Veneur

  • Country

    France

  • Region

    Rhone

  • Sub Region

    Lirac

  • Product code

    23JAU10B2010


Tasting Notes

Robert Parker

Score: 90-92 / 100

"Along with Domaine de la Mordoree, the Jaumes produce one of the finest wines of Lirac. The 2010 Clos de Sixte Lirac should compete with the brilliant 2009. Black currant, spring flower, licorice and crushed rock aromas jump from the glass of this dense ruby/purple-colored, full-bodied, beautifully pure, textured and dense Lirac. It should drink well for at least a decade."

Bibendum

Score: 17 / 20

From what Robert Parker considers to be the best vineyard in Lirac, this is excellent-value drinking.

Producer Information

Winemaker Sebastian Jaume and his brother Christophe, who looks after the sales and marketing side, are two of the slickest operators in the Rhone. Both excel at their particular vocations, and the result is an impressive portfolio that includes top Chateauneuf du Pape estate Domaine Grand Veneur, the beautiful Clos de Sixte vineyard in Lirac and a top quality negociant business, named after their father Alain.

The wines are ripe, intense and full of spicy Rhone fruit. Robert Parker accurately summed them up in his book 'The World's Greatest Wine Estates' as being modern in style but 'never losing the soul and typicity of Provence. They are impeccably well-made, pure, and deeply colored.'

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