Description
An ancestor of the Fabre family, Guillaume de Rouville was a noble-minded and respected city councillor of Lyon in 1589. The locality « Olagnon » north-facing soils (at 400 metres altitude) impart great minerality to the grapes. The grapes, with their stems, are gravity-fed into a truncated-cone wood vat, specially designed for the quantity of grapes used for this cuvée. The wines are aged in one of two types of barrel: demi-muids and foudres. In total, ageing lasts 18 months on average. This wine, made with grapes from the best plots, is a deep crimson. Its voluptuous and sensual character evokes the terroir, exuding blackberry and herby garrigue flavours. James Suckling scored this 95 Points saying, “For the challenging 2021 vintage this has a stunning perfume of violets and beautifully ripe wild blackberries. Just a hint of tar. Super concentrated and super elegant this is the best wine I have ever tasted from St. Maurice! Fantastic finesse makes this feel lighter than it reall…
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