Domaine de l'Amandine 'Séguret' Côtes du Rhône Village 2021 (France)

Description

• Strawberry
• Raspberry
• Refreshing acidity
• Stylish tannins

"A simmering nose of juicy strawberries, crunchy raspberries and vibrant plums. Youthful and expressive with stylish chiselled tannins, a refreshing acidity and a lovely pure finish" Decanter World Wine Awards

We've kept this one a secret for a while...a 95 /100 Côtes du Rhône Villages from officially one of the most beautiful villages in all of France. Situated between Gigondas and Rasteau, Séguret is the gateway to the Dentelles de Montmirail foothills resulting in a cooler climate rarely found in the Southern Rhône. Syrah is king here and Domaine de L'Amandine make some of the best around - including the Syrah dominant Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret 2021.

This 50 ha family estate in the Southern Rhône with vineyards spread from Vaison-la-Romaine to Jonquières. The estate was begun in 1968 by Jean-Pierre Verdeau although both his father and grandfather had been involved in setting up local co-operatives. In the early days he sold his wine to local merchants but gradually added more and more vineyards and eventually a bottling machine which enabled him to sell in bottle with immediate success. Today he has been joined by his daughter Sabine and son-in-law Alex Suter who grew up on the Rustenberg Estate in South Africa where his father was general manager. Their daughter Mathilde has relatively recently finished her studies and joined too. Traditional methods and a hands-on approach ensure that top quality grapes are produced expressing the complexity of the region’s terroir. Most of the vines are centred around the village of Séguret, some dating back to the 1950s and many grown on stone terraces – which they call ‘La Montagne’.