Chateau Ollieux Romanis Corbieres Cuvee Or 2014

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Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2014

Size
750ML

ABV
14.5%

Features
Green Wine

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Blend: 44% Carignan, 23% Grenache, 23% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah

Professional Ratings

  • 94
    Hands down the greatest wine I’ve tasted from this estate, the 2014 Corbieres Boutenac Cuvee Or is 44% Carignan, 23% Grenache, 23% Mourvèdre and 10% Syrah that spent 12-13 months in 70% new French oak. Loaded with full-bodied, concentrated aromas and flavors of black fruits, tobacco, wood smoke, pepper and coffee bean, it has vibrant acidity, ripe tannin, tons of texture and a blockbuster finish. The oak shows here, so if you’re oak adverse, give it a year or two in bottle. It should drink nicely for another 10-12 years, possibly longer.

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Chateau Ollieux Romanis

Chateau Ollieux Romanis

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Chateau Ollieux Romanis, France
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Located in Boutenac, just south of the village of Corbières in the Languedoc region, Ollieux Romanis is now one of the largest privately owned wineries in Corbières, spanning some 130 hectares. First planted to vine in the 11th century AD, Ollieux Romanis actually came into existence as a farm producing grains, olives, and mutton in Roman times, some eight centuries earlier. It was the Durban-Latreille family who saw its potential and began planting it to vine.

Soon, a priory was formed and the domaine flourished, as tending to the vine was part of the monks’ daily religious ritual, for production of the holy sacrament.

Through the Middle Ages Les Ollieux became part of the Abbey of Fontfroide and then subsequently changed hands many times. Today it is owned and maintained by the Bories family, who settled at Les Ollieux some 200 years ago. Pierre Bories is assisted by winemaker Jean-Pierre Amiques. There are some very interesting and unusual terroirs featured at the domaine, including Mediterranean red clay, sandstone, and puddingstone. Along with the requisite Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache Noir, Syrah, Marsanne, and Roussanne, the Bories also cultivate Sauvignon Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Merlot, and Mourvèdre, the 'unapproved' varietals going into their fun entry-level VdP label Capucines.

Les Ollieux is currently working its way to fully-organic status having dispensed with herbicides and pesticides in the late 1990's. Instead, Pierre composts with marc, or the leftover solids (sins, seeds, pulps, pits) of his grapes and olives after pressing. 80% of the harvest is done manually (rare for such a large estate) – all grapes for Atal Sia (their high end cuvee) and Corbieres Classique red and white harvested manually.

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With bold fruit flavors and accents of sweet spice, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre form the base of the classic Rhône Red Blend, while Carignan, Cinsault and Counoise often come in to play. Though they originated from France’s southern Rhône Valley, with some creative interpretation, Rhône blends have also become popular in other countries. Somm Secret—Putting their own local spin on the Rhône Red Blend, those from Priorat often include Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. In California, it is not uncommon to see Petite Sirah make an appearance.

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Corbieres Wine

Languedoc, France

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The Corbières AOC, established in 1985, is the largest in the Languedoc, and represents the South of France in transition. Though viticulture here dates back to the Romans, only within the last twenty years have Corbières wines begun to reclaim their reputation. Approved for reds, rosés, and whites, the region's vineyards cover a wide variety of elevations, soil types, and exposures. Hilly terrain and the Atlantic Cers wind moderate the Mediterranean heat, giving the wines balance and complexity; the best will go ten years or more in the cellar.

Reds represent 88% of the AOC’s production and are an assemblage of the sun-loving grapes of southern France. Carignan’s briars, Grenache’s berries, Syrah’s cherries and Mourvèdre’s plums allow for a wide range of styles, which are often influenced by the wild herbs of the garrigue. Corbières rosés, though only 9% of production, are serious wines and the small production of Rhône-variety whites are fresh and sea-influenced.

With eleven sub-appellations, Corbières is an AOC in the process of refinement. Corbières-Boutenac attained Cru status in 2005, one of only five in the Languedoc to achieve this highest ranking.

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