CLOS DES CISTES 2009
DOMAINE PEYRE ROSE
Marlène, winemaker at Domaine de Peyre Rose, works organically to make some of the best Southern French wines you'll find.
- Rich and rounded; complex palate with lots of fruit; hints of leather on the finish.
- Majority Syrah with 15% Grenache.
- Grapes grown on clay and limestone soils.
- Can drink from release; would age beautifully for up to 25 years.
- A perfect match for roast lamb.
Meet the maker
Domaine Peyre Rose
Every region has its stars and one of the Languedoc's brightest is Domaine Peyre Rose. Former real estate agent Marlene Soria stumbled across this beautiful property back in the late 1980s when she was showing it to ...
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Staff favourite
“This is one of my favourite producers ever. The winery is located in a secluded mountainous area in the Languedoc and it is run organically but Marlene Soria, one of the most extraordinary winemakers around. Admittedly £65 quid on a bottle of Languedoc may seem a lot, but in a comparative tasting this would destroy most Bordeaux with the same price tag. If you are into wine and you have never tasted it, you should. What does it taste like? Think of an iron fist in a velvet glove.”
Expert review
“Luscious, intense, and fantastically concentrated. Lots of tannin, but meticulous. Long. Kerpow!' ”
“Quince paste and roasted walnut bouquet. Incredibly linear tang cutting through muscular, dry tannins. There’s something of dried apricots and Christmas cake and a kaleidoscope of spices that fans out over the tannins, the ribs and sinews of the wine bearing the patina of time. Complex and concentrated. 17.5”