Plan de Dieu Rouge - Domaine de Logue Toque

Domaine de Longue Toque
Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu 2017

AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Red

Awards

90 pts Wine Spectator

Tasting

« Fresh, ripe and open in feel, with a rounded core of cherry and plum preserve flavors, backed by twinges of anise and apple wood on the finish.» Wine Spectator, Avril 2019

Food & wine pairings

Slice of foie gras with grapes

Lamb shoulder on the spit and candied vegetables

sold by 1 × 150cl

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Detailed information

Vintage

2017 is a promissing vintage of the past few years with wines that are particularly elegant and harmonious, with superb, concentrated aromas and a solid ageing potential. The weather conditions during the growing season were difficult and extreme, resulting in a challenging task at harvest time. The high temperatures and almost total lack of rainfall since Springtime brought the harvest date forward by almost 10 days in many regions. Although these extreme conditions impacted heavily on the size of the harvest, with one of the smallest in the last 60 years, the quality is exceptional.

Grape varieties

50% Grenache, 50% Syrah

Terroir

The vines lie between the villages of Travaillan and Camaret sur Aigues, on the vast alluvial terrace created by the Ouvèze, a once powerful sub-Alpine river.
This terrace is an accumulation of large round stones and limestone gravels, with a sprinkling of flint. Sand and clay form the matrix of these larger elements. This layer can reach up to 25 or 30 meters deep along the ancient riverbed. Subsequently, important climatic upheavals altered the surface of this terrace, breaking down the limestone, developing ferous oxides and the apparition of more recent claybeds, which provide the Plan de Dieu with its characteristic red-brown hue.

Winemaking

Havest the 5th September 2017. Fermentation on indigenous yeasts. Light pumping over to favour smooth tannin extraction. 24-day maceration followed by pressing with reincorporation of press juice to the free-run wine for this vintage. Ageing in vats for 11 months.

Bottled at the estate on August 28th 201 – 4 693 bottles and 253 magnums produced.

ABV: 14%

Vegan Friendly.

Service

Serve at 13-15°C, ideally decante 2 to 3 hours before tasting.

Optimum maturity: 2019 – 2025

Degree of alcohol

14% vol.

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Domaine de Longue Toque

Nestled in the foothills of the Dentelles de Montmirail since 1918, the Domaine de Longue Toque is one of the prestigious estates of Maison Gabriel Meffre since 1999. It takes its name from the long groves – ‘touque’ in Provençal – which delimited the parcelles by protecting them from the wind. The vineyards are located on a mosaic of terroirs that draw their original character from different geological layers, altitudes and exposures. The vineyard produces 6 appellations over 43 hectares: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Cairanne, Rasteau, Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu and Côtes du Rhône red and white. After 20 years in Terra Vitis (sustainable viticulture), 2020 marks the first year of certification for organic farming at the Domaine. A continuity in our desire to work the land and the wine with respect for nature and people. 2023 is to be the first harvest of the white Gigondas.