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Domaine des Espiers, Cotes du Rhône
Philippe Cartoux
Philippe Cartoux runs this small domaine in the southern Rhône. His Côtes du Rhône, predominantly from Grenache, with some Syrah and Mourvèdre, is juicy, ripe and fruity, with soft ripe smooth tannins.
The Rosé has soft juicy young fruit flavours, excellent summer quaffing
wine. The Côtes du Rhône Villages Sablet, a slightly sturdier wine, is broader and more peppery in style. It is from Grenache with some syrah and
Mourvèdre.
He produces two cuvées of Gigondas; the Tradition, which is peppery, firm and perfumed, and is bottled after about six months ageing, and the
Cuvée des Blaches, produced in limited quantities, which receives longer ageing, is unfiltered and unfined, and is a selection of his best parcelles of old Grenache. |