first vine: wine imports + sales : Domaine de Montvac Vacqueras Red

Domaine de Montvac Vacqueras Red

Price: $22.00

description
Vacqueras is a village in the Northern Vaucluse and has had Cru designation for more than 20 years. Domaine de Montvac is owned by Cécile Dussere, who represents the third generation of female ownership of the property (and since she has three daughters and no sons, there looks to be a fourth). The winery is named for the nearby Dentelles de Montmirail and the village of Vacqueras. Mme. Dusserre is also the winemaker, producing Vacqueras and Gigondas wines. Her husband, Phillipe Cartoux, manages the vineyard and owns and makes wine for an excellent winery of his own nearby, Domaine des Espiers. Montvac wines, like Mme. Dusserre herself, are fabulous. If you speak French, by all means stop by for a visit. She looks like the professional ballet dancer she trained to become, and she's knowledgeable, passionate about the wines, and fun above all. Plus, you'll get to drink spectacularly well.

First Vine is the first importer to bring Montvac wines to Washington, DC. We import four of her Vacqueras wines. Montvac's 2005 Vacqueras red is made from 70% Grenache, 25% Syrah, and 5% Mourvèdre, and limited to vines at least 40 years old. The wine itself is aged in concrete. The thing you'll notice is the exceptional smoothness, practically never encountered in wines not aged in oak. It's also a fairly big wine, but not overwhelming, and has a high degree of complexity. We never run out of adjectives to describe the flavors, and are thinking of making it our new drinking game!

Alc. 14% by vol.

producer / region: Vacqueyras, France

type: Red Rhône wine

grapes:
60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10% Mourvérdre

category:
reds to impress

food pairing suggestions:
Goes well with mushrooms, roasted meats and vegetables, spicy sauces, roasted garlic

drink when? Now or hold 5-8 years