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Home >> Shop >> All Wines >> Red Wine >> Domaine les Aphillanthes C-du-R Villages Vieilles Vignes 2004

Domaine les Aphillanthes C-du-R Villages Vieilles Vignes 2004

Domaine les Aphillanthes C-du-R Villages Vieilles Vignes 2004

Domaine les Aphillanthes C-du-R Villages Vieilles Vignes 2004

Bottle Price: £17.50

Case Price: £199.5

  • Country: France
  • Region: Rhone-Alpes
  • Grape Variety: Grenache, Mourvèdre
  • 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.      

80% Grenache and 20% Mourvedre. Aged in oak for 12 months. Biodynamically produced from old vines.

A great nose; meaty, gamey, with Grenache-derived medicinal cherry and strawberry nose. Full, sweet, slightly herby palate. More concentrated Grenache character. Rounded, pepper and rich strong finish. Drinking and ready now, but will keep for a few years.

Have with: roasted meats, game dishes and/or roasted aubergine

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".

Côtes du Rhône AOC is an AOC that covers both the northern and southern sub-regions of Rhône. Typically it is only used if the wine does not qualify for an appellation that can command a higher price. Therefore, almost all Côtes du Rhône AOC is produced in southern Rhône, since the northern sub-region is covered by well-known appellations and also is much smaller in terms of total vineyard surface. This AOC is also used by the commercial blenders (négociants) who buy grapes in bulk from various parts of the region to bottle, distribute, and export on an industrial scale. This nevertheless makes it the most commonly known, produced, and distributed appellation of the region. Produce from vineyards surrounding certain villages including Cairanne, Rasteau and others may be labeled Côtes du Rhône-Villages AOC.

Red Côtes du Rhône is usually dominated by Grenache. 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.