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Clos du Mont Olivet Lirac Rouge 2023 750ml

size
750ml
country
France
region
Rhone Valley
appellation
Lirac
JS
94
Additional vintages
JS
94
Rated 94 by James Suckling
This innovative Lirac is powerful and structured, showing excellent black-fruit, black-olive and dried wild-thyme aromas. Compact and straight with deep base notes. So much licorice in the dark yet lively finish. A limited-production cuvee dominated by mourvedre with a touch of counoise. Matured in demi-muids (oak casks). ... More details
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Clos du Mont Olivet Lirac Rouge 2023 750ml

SKU 1006844
$20.89
/750ml bottle
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Professional Ratings
JS
94
JS
94
Rated 94 by James Suckling
This innovative Lirac is powerful and structured, showing excellent black-fruit, black-olive and dried wild-thyme aromas. Compact and straight with deep base notes. So much licorice in the dark yet lively finish. A limited-production cuvee dominated by mourvedre with a touch of counoise. Matured in demi-muids (oak casks).
Winery
• Practicing organic. • 65% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Mourvèdre, 5% Cinsault. • Lirac is just across the Rhône river from Châteauneuf du Pape. • A gentle slope – northeast facing (most of Lirac on a plateau). • Grown on sandy clay, with limestone and galets roulés. • 35+ year old vines. • 50% whole cluster. • Indigenous yeast. • Aged in 50% foudres, 40% cement, 10% older barrels/demi-muids.
Product Details
size
750ml
country
France
region
Rhone Valley
appellation
Lirac
Additional vintages
Overview
This innovative Lirac is powerful and structured, showing excellent black-fruit, black-olive and dried wild-thyme aromas. Compact and straight with deep base notes. So much licorice in the dark yet lively finish. A limited-production cuvee dominated by mourvedre with a touch of counoise. Matured in demi-muids (oak casks).
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Region: Rhone Valley

The southern French wine region of the Rhone Valley has been home to wine-makers for over two thousand years, with the first grapevines of the region being cultivated in around 600 BCE when the ancient Greeks arrived with their knowledge of viticulture and eagerness to produce more wine. Today, the region is famed around the world for the excellence of its produce, and has dozens of wineries making the most of the wide range of grape varietals which flourish there. In the northern sub-region, the continental climate and brisk winds coming off the Central Massif allow wineries to grow a smaller range of varietals – predominantly Syrah, Marsanne, Roussane and Viognier, whereas the southern, more Mediterranean sub-region allows far more range. Here, dozens of varietals are grown for the production of white, red and rosé wines, all packed full of flavor and able to express the unique terroir they are grown on.
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Country: France

France is renowned across the globe for its quality wines and the careful expertise which goes into making them, but what is truly remarkable about this relatively small country is the vast range of wines it produces in such huge amounts each year. Not only are the finest red wines in the world said to come from the beautiful regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy, but elsewhere in the country we find the Champagne region, and areas such as the Rhone Valley and the Loire, whose white wines consistently receive awards and accolades by the plenty. This range is a result of the great variety of climatic conditions and terrain found in France, coupled with generations of wine makers working within single appellations. Their knowledge of specific terroirs and grape varieties has, over time, perfected the production of wines within their region, and the end results continue to impress the world to this day.
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Region: Rhone Valley

The southern French wine region of the Rhone Valley has been home to wine-makers for over two thousand years, with the first grapevines of the region being cultivated in around 600 BCE when the ancient Greeks arrived with their knowledge of viticulture and eagerness to produce more wine. Today, the region is famed around the world for the excellence of its produce, and has dozens of wineries making the most of the wide range of grape varietals which flourish there. In the northern sub-region, the continental climate and brisk winds coming off the Central Massif allow wineries to grow a smaller range of varietals – predominantly Syrah, Marsanne, Roussane and Viognier, whereas the southern, more Mediterranean sub-region allows far more range. Here, dozens of varietals are grown for the production of white, red and rosé wines, all packed full of flavor and able to express the unique terroir they are grown on.
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Country: France

France is renowned across the globe for its quality wines and the careful expertise which goes into making them, but what is truly remarkable about this relatively small country is the vast range of wines it produces in such huge amounts each year. Not only are the finest red wines in the world said to come from the beautiful regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy, but elsewhere in the country we find the Champagne region, and areas such as the Rhone Valley and the Loire, whose white wines consistently receive awards and accolades by the plenty. This range is a result of the great variety of climatic conditions and terrain found in France, coupled with generations of wine makers working within single appellations. Their knowledge of specific terroirs and grape varieties has, over time, perfected the production of wines within their region, and the end results continue to impress the world to this day.