2013 Les Genoux
- Retail
- £35.00
- Member
- £28.00
- Varieties
- Grenache
- Carignan
- Grenache Gris
- Grenache Blanc
- Vintage
- 2013
- Country
- France
- Region
- Roussillon
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- Bottle size
- 750 mL
- Drinking Window
- 2015 - 2022
- Description
This is our rare, single-vineyard wine, which is only produced in the best years, and in 2013 only 1,144 bottles were produced (and only 880 shipped to the UK)
- Eyes
Les Genoux is less intensely coloured than the regular cuveé, as it contains 10-15% white and pink grapes.
- Nose
The nose is more complex that our main wine and is more perfumed. Layers of wild strawberry, plum and cherry with wafts of rosemary and fennel. There's also hints of slatey minerals and chocolate powder.
- Mouth
Initially soft, and lush, the palate unveils an array of crushed stones, herbs, and ripe damson and currant flavours.
- Body
full
- Winemaking Notes
2013 is the second year that our vineyards had been tended by Jean-Marc Lafage, and his team at Chateau St Roch. The source of the fruit for our 'Les Genoux' cuveé are the wonderful 90+ year-old vines in our ancient Coume de Roy vineyard. All the grapes are picked by hand, and any selection needed to eliminate less than perfect grapes is done in the vineyard. The grapes are de-stalked, lightly crushed, and fermented in up-ended demi-muids (500 L barrels) with the ends taken out, and plunge gently by hand, twice or three times a day. Pressing with a small basket press. Maturation in a mixture of new, 1 year old and 2 year old Demi-muids for 14 months, before being bottled with no fining or filtration, and sealed with melted beeswax.
- Growing Conditions
A freezing cold March, led to flowering being a month late. However there was a lovely late summer and the sun continued in to autumn which enabled us to produce a delightfully drinkable vintage, in relatively small quantities.
- Food Pairing
Excellent on its own as a 'vino di meditazione' (best appreciated with a good friend), Les Genoux is also a wonderful match for charcuterie (especially finnochiona, or fennel salami), and the perfumed, elegant style makes it pretty versatile.
Reviews
Victoria Moore
The Telegraph - Professional
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/wine/time-to-spice-up-indian-wines/
November 21, 2015 0:00"Sumptuous Christmassy red made by sleek Waitrose head-of-wine-turned-rumple-haired-vigneron Justin Howard-Sneyd….Gorgeous spicy warmth but backbone too."
Tamlyn Currin
www.jancisrobinson.com - Professional
www.jancisrobinson.com
July 6, 2023 23:00Tasted from a mini sample bottle. 70% Grenache, 20% Carignan, 5% Grenache Gris, 5% Grenache Blanc. 950 bottles made.
Silk and leather, wild plum, dried cherries. It’s got a lovely sweet-leather and souk-spice gentleness, and the tannins have developed the soft smudge and halo of sepia photographs. Transparent, cashmere. The cool breath of wild sage and tarragon whispering softly through the long, long limbs of the wine. This is a life pause in a glass. One sip of this wine and you’ll want to turn off the lights, light a candle, find some silence, hold a stone, meditate. (TC)
14.5% Drink 2018–2026 £35
18
Comments
The above was completely out of this world. Totally exquisite in fact. Full of amazing subtleties and nuances.
Let us know what you think