Vacqueyras Saint-Barthelemy Rouge - Gabriel Meffre

Gabriel Meffre
Vacqueyras Saint Barthelemy 2012

AOP Vacqueyras Red

Awards

91 pts Vinous
89 pts Wine Advocate

Tasting

Full and deep purple in colour, this wine develops a ripe-fruit character with a touch of mild spices. Full and generous, the mouth presents plenty of depth and persistence with harmonious tannins.

Food & wine pairings

Roasted and grilled meat or cheese.

Detailed information

Vintage

The harvest was generally smaller than the previous vintage due to a period of cold and wet weather in the early spring blossoming. However, a great weather, hot, dry and slightly windy allowed to pick healthy grapes, of good quality and maturity just before the rain-storm episode in late September 2012. The result is a generous vintage with small red fruits aromas (raspberry currant,…), fleshy, elegant with savoury notes of licorice and spices and roasted notes on the palate.

Terroir

This Vacqueyras is made from Grenache and Syrah grapes. The vines are located in the villages of Vacqueyras and Sarrians on soils of stony alluvial deposits and stony terraces.

Winemaking

Harvest at optimum ripeness. The wine is stored in vats immediately in order to preserve aromas. The fermentation on skins lasts for 3 weeks for an optimal extraction. The temperatures are strictly controlled (28°C maximum). The wine is racked off and undergoes malolactic fermentation. Then it is stored in vats during 8 months and bottled. It is then aged in bottle for 6 months.

Service

Service temperature : 16°C.
Ageing : 5 to 7 years.

Degree of alcohol

13,5% vol.

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Gabriel Meffre

Delicious and savoury from day one: this is the commitment of our Gabriel Meffre "signature" wines. For each appellation, and in keeping with the characteristics of the vintage, our know-how is recognisable through our experienced blending of "terroirs" and grape varieties and through our careful maturing, favouring purity of fruit and silkyness of texture. Already enjoyable in their first year after bottling, the Crus also have good aging potential.