Vintage 2015 — Paroles de vignerons - Vinparleur

The classics of Château du Cèdre Cahors - Vintage 2015

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DENSE, STRUCTURED AND WILD
Due to its nature, the Cuvée GC initially holds back. Built for long cellaring, it doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to play all its cards. Carefully and calmly it takes a deep breath before he starts to reveal its traits. While the bouquet first is full of spice and savagery, dark fruity notes gradually take over. Lemon peels bring in some zest, peppermint and wild pepper give ease and depth. Clear tannins, radiant acidity, soft, broad structure ... Let him meditate for a few more years in the cellar.

SILKY, ELEGANT AND DELICATE
Autumn seems to have compiled the bouquet of the cuvée Le Cèdre: raspberries and blueberries to commemorate the summer, green pepper and star anise in anticipation of winter, cedar wood and forest mushrooms give autumn colours ... On the palate you will find the elegant dancer again, which represents its unique character with amazing precision and delicacy. A great year for the cuvée Le Cèdre, an exquisite pleasure that you should decant while young, whereas the most patient may ripen this wine in the cellar for many years.

ENTHUSIASIVE, JOYFULL AND TYPICALLY CAHORS!
Even if it wanted, it could not deny its origins and roots. What a wonderful expression of a typical Malbec from Cahors: Sour cherries and blackberries, gingerbread and pipe tobacco, fresh and slightly smoky ... Soft on the palate, with grip and freshness and delicate, well-integrated tannin structure, it shows a lot of length and a juicy and spicy finish. Enjoy immediately or mature as a loyal table companion in the cellar for many years.

The 2015 vintage in Cahors
A great vintage! Healthy grapes, concentrated and moderate power, ideal for producing great, balanced, promising wines.
In Belgium they love #Malbec in a natural way @LeCedreCahors

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Cahors Extra Libre 2016
A fine perfume of cassis, blackberries and blueberries mixed with yellow peach and mango. A touch of iris and daffodil flowers gives the wine an elegant, floral character. On the palate, it is a true delicacy: fresh fruit juice from the nose-scented fruits, enriched with lemon peel and white pepper. Playful tannins make the fruits even crisper, changing the palate into an explosion of fresh fruits, quenching the thirst of the deeply impressed taste buds. An extremely lively wine, whose delicate fruit immediately convinces.

Extra Libre Le Cèdre 2015
On the nose, fresh bread, with delicate marmalade of raspberries, cassis and strawberries, still refined by some floral scent. Spicy scents of black pepper, cardamom and anise complete the picture. The palate is dense, young tannins in the foreground, but surrounded by fresh, soft juiciness. Still a bit closed, the wine already offers a clear sketch of its complexity.

In vino Veritas Belgium - February 2018
A beauty boasting killer! Santa Duc Gigondas Vintage 2015 tasted by Jeb Dunnuck

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The 2015 Gigondas Aux Lieux Dits (75% Grenache, 10% each of Syrah and Mourvèdre, and 5% Cinsault) offers classic notes of garrigue, ripe cherry and strawberry fruits, and lavender to go with a medium-bodied, elegant, Burgundian-like texture. Drink it on release and over the following decade.

The 2015 Gigondas Clos Derrière Vieille (80% Grenache and 10% each of Syrah and Mourvèdre) comes from the wall vineyard located just beside the village. It offers terrific notes of dusty earth, dried cherries and herbes de Provence, medium to full-bodied richness, silky tannin and a beautiful texture. Like the other 2015s, it’s going to drink nicely for 10-15 years.

Lastly, the 2015 Gigondas Hautes Garrigues (60/40 Grenache and Mourvèdre) is a beauty boasting killer: Notes of dark fruits, crushed rocks, pepper, garrigue and scorched earth. This seriously good 2015 has building richness, a stacked mid-palate and a huge finish, all suggesting short-term cellaring will be your friend. It will keep for two decades or more.
Santa Duc : New corks on 2015 vintage

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“Habemus Papam” and “Aux Lieux Dits”, as well as the single vineyard wines from Gigondas and Châteauneuf-du-Pape seem to fully live up to the promises of the exceptional 2015 vintage.

The blend of different vineyards of Gigondas, “Aux Lieux Dits”, shows a pleasant, intense nose, as well as a dense and tasty tannin structure. “Les Hautes Garrigues” and “Clos Derrière Vielle”, two single vineyard wines, play with the contrast of their terroirs: while the former expresses the full depth of its red clay soils with a powerful bouquet and soft mouth feel, the latter swings with a floral scent and a long, mineral finale up the calcareous heights of the Dentelles de Montmirail.

In Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Habemus Papam” invites you with its soft palate, sweet fruits and spices for leisure, while the single vineyard selections remain true to their character: Pure seduction, fresh fruits and aromatic herbs for the “Saintes Vierges”, flowers and spices and lots of juice, as well as soft, elegant tannins for “La Crau Ouest”. The first vintage of the “Pied de Beaud”, with its soils of clay and pebbles, seduces above all with the intensity of its fragrance, as well as its expressive taste with well-integrated tannics.

In order to keep the quality as high as possible after bottling, we have corked the wines from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, as well as “Les Hautes Garrigues” 2015 with new NDtech corks from Amorim. Each individual cork was tested by gas chromatography for “cork flavours” or trichloroanisoles (TCAs).

NDtech corks therefore guarantee a TCA level of less than 0.5 nanograms per litre, an amount unperceived by the human nose. In other words, NDtech natural corks are guaranteed without cork taste!
Domaine Santa Duc Châteauneuf-du-Pape « La Crau Ouest » 2015 by The Wine Advocate

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My top pick from the outstanding lineup of Santa Duc’s 2015 Châteauneufs was the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape La Crau Ouest, of which only 200 cases were produced. This pure Grenache o ers sumptuous aromas of violets and roses to go along with cherries and licorice. It’s full-bodied, intense, deep and long, with tannins that properly support the wine’s complexities rather than overwhelming them.

Tasted by Joe Czerwinski for The Wine Advocate, Octobre 2017
The Guide Hachette loves this old Carignan wine from Pierre Cros

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Listed in our wine guide and awarded several times with our highest honours for more than 30 years. And what’s new in 2017?

The old Carignan vines come over with a rather young expression and mild and fresh scent of cherries and plums. No high tannin extraction or severe wood characters (maximum 6 months of oak maturation) in this wine, convincing with finesse and soft structure. Just a touch of butter and caramel remind of the oak barrels. A perfect symbiosis between wood and wine, giving furthermore elegance and complexity to the overall picture.

Drinking from 2019 to 2025, to wild boar.
LE CÈDRE EXTRA LIBRE #CAHORS 2015 - THE SPLENDIDNESS OF NATURE

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Although the terroir has found a way in the Cuvee Le Cèdre to express itself with elegance and finesse for many years, the wine seems to discover unprecedented liberties applying sulfur-free vinification and maturation. A proud and clear bouquet, with a fruit as fresh as if it had just been harvested. You’ll also find some floral fragrances and delicate spices, the latter coming from long ageing in large wooden tanks. Crisp freshness and a quasi-crystalline acidity, along with silky tannins and a long and full-bodied finish.

When the hand of man restrains, nature shows the true face of the wine. For us a wonderful lesson of humility and a true advocacy for non-intrusive wine making.
The wines of Château du Cèdre and their characters – Chapter IV : The one that comes from the future

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Regardless to the vintage, you will be able to recognize each cuvee by its typical taste, as each one has created a distinct identity with the help of its terroir. An identity and a style that has strengthened over time, certainly due to the fact that we are steadily reduce the application of sulphur in the winery.

Cahors Extra Libre 2015

He did it first! While the rest of the wines progress with care, he took a blind leap already in 2014. The first wine of Château du Cèdre completely fermented and matured without sulphur, without safety net. A real free wine, it has absolute faith in the vines, the grapes and nature. Therefore, it will certainly bring the expression of terroir and vintage to its greatest possible precision. Made almost only of Malbec and Cahors, it will show you the future of Château du Cèdre.