Vacqueyras, Cuvée des Templiers
Clos des Cazaux

Vacqueyras, Cuvée des Templiers, 2020


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vintage


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2020

75cl

DP

£16.91


2020

12x75cl

DP

£202.86



Clos des Cazaux, Vacqueyras, Cuvée des Templiers, 2020

2020

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Clos des Cazaux, Vacqueyras, Cuvée des Templiers, 2020

Powerful but suave, this oozes ripe, juicy brambly fruit. The tannins are very fine and crisp, giving clear as a bell definition to the unctuous dark berry flavours. Expressive, transparent with requisite density, too, this is a fantastically well-balanced Templiers. A Syrah- influenced blend, with Grenache the other key component. Whole bunch fermented then aged in large steel tanks.

Maturity:
Keep
ABV:
14.5%
86/100
Nicolas Greinacher, Vinous

The 2020 Vacqueyras Cuvée des Templiers blends equal proportions of Grenache and Syrah. Aging took place for nine months in stainless steel tanks, followed by one year in concrete. The result is an inviting 2020 red that offers hazelnut, red and black cherry, red plum and licorice aromas. Made in a refreshing and early-drinking style, the drying tannins take away some of the fun to drink this today.
Date Reviewed:
11/2023

specifications

country:
France

region:
Rhone

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Clos des Cazaux

Clos des Cazaux

The families Vache and Archimbaud have grown vines in the Vacqueyras area for 3 centuries. Gabriel Archimbaud participated in the process of the creation of the Côtes du Rhône appellation and he named his own domaine Clos des Cazaux. His granddaughter married Maurice Vache, her two sons Jean-Michel and Frédéric Vache run the domain today and is the 5th generation of pure vignerons. The brothers are meticulous, obsessively so, their hands on vine-growing and wine-making are resulting in impeccably pure, bright, soulful Southern Rhônes. WINemaking is designed to enhance the quality and purity of the fruit, élévage is uniquely in steel and concrete vat. The delicious Templiers is made mainly from old vines Syrah displaying great depth, dark fruit richness and finesse. The complex, structured and powerful Gigondas La Tour Sarrazine, which only comes from vines high up in the Dentelles, is a full-flavoured Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre blend that demonstrates the harmonising effect of good fruit and acidity in a wine.These are some of the most consistently exciting, and underrated, wines in the Southern Rhône.

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