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Home >> Shop >> All Wines >> Red Wine >> Domaine les Aphillanthes C-du-R Villages Cuvee des Galet 2009

Domaine les Aphillanthes C-du-R Villages Cuvee des Galet 2009

Domaine les Aphillanthes C-du-R Villages Cuvee des Galet 2009

Domaine les Aphillanthes C-du-R Villages Cuvee des Galet 2009

Bottle Price: £13.95

Case Price: £159

  • Country: France
  • Region: Rhone-Alpes
  • Grape Variety: Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah
  • Alcohol: 14.5%
  • Bottle Size: 75cl

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You can mix any 12 bottles of wine(or more) to get the ‘case price’ for each bottle.      

60% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 20% Mourvedre.. A great nose; meaty, gamey, with Grenache-derived medicinal cherry and strawberry nose. Full, sweet, slightly herby palate. More concentrated Grenache character. Rounded,some pepper and chalk-edged tannins. Strong finish. Rich and very ready now, but will keep for a few years.

Biodynamic wine

Have with : Carpachio, dried and cured hams, lightly roasted meats

Domaine Les Aphillanthes - Cotes du Rhone
Travaillan, Southern Rhône
Domaine Les Aphillanthes, in the southern Rhône, is located in the small town of Travaillan, northwest of Gigondas. Until recently Daniel Boulle and his wife Hélène, the proprietors, were happy to sell their produce to the local co-operative but now bottles the wine for the domain. Boulle uses a gravity feed, and ferments in concrete vats and has a philosophy of minimal intervention. The wines are bottled without filtration, which helps to preserve the flavours.
A few years ago the Boulles introduced biodynamic practices to the vineyard after having had some success in treating their son's eczema using natural medical products which they liken to a biodynamic approach. They do not yet, however, have Biodynamic certification from any of the organisations (Ecocert, Demeter or Biodyvin) as they are still in the conversion stage.
Several cuvées of Côtes du Rhônes have received critical acclaim in the international market Parker even says "spectacularly powerful, ...comparable to the finest Gigondas and Chateauneuf du Papes".

An area of world famous vineyards which starts south of Lyon at Ampuis and runs down to the Côtes de Provence. Grape types include Grenache, Syrah, Mourvédre, Cinsault, Marsanne and Roussanne and these produce wines of immense pedigree and quality, including the dark purple Côte Rotie wines and the fruity Viognier.

The southern Rhône sub-region has a more Mediterranean climate with milder winters and hot summers. Drought can be a problem in the area, but limited irrigation is permitted. The differing terroirs, together with the rugged landscape which partly protects the valleys from the Mistral, produce microclimates which give rise to a wide diversity of wines. A feature of the cultivation of the region is the use of large pebbles around the bases of the vines to absorb the heat of the sun during the day to keep the vines warm at night when, due to the cloudless skies, there is often a significant drop in temperature.