M. Chapoutier - Vacqueyras Avarum 2022
92/100
James Suckling
Avarum 2022, from the Vacqueyras appellation, is primarily aged in concrete tanks and is a blend dominated by Grenache and Syrah. It offers an intense and generous nose, with notes of black fruit and spices. On the palate, it is beautifully fresh, rich, and full-bodied, with silky, elegant tannins leading to a long, smoky finish. A delight!
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Eye
Deep garnet color
Nose
Intense and full-bodied, with aromas of dark fruits (black cherry, blackberry) and spicy notes (white pepper)
Palate
Full-bodied and rich, with a fresh attack, silky and elegant tannins, dominant aromas of red fruit, and a lingering finish with smoky notes
Serve
At 16-17°C
Drink before
2032
Food and wine pairings
Pairs well with roast pigeon, honey-glazed duck strips, beef bourguignon, guinea fowl with olives...
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2024 guide) 5*Stars (Exceptional producers, those representing the absolute pinnacle of quality in France and around the world)
About the estate:
Michel Chapoutier is now ably supported by his children, Mathilde and Maxime, in running the largest wine house in the Northern Rhône, a historic specialist in Hermitage and Crozes-Hermitage. Chapoutier is, on the one hand, a major wine merchant, but also produces top-tier estate wines, with the estate’s vineyards having long been cultivated using biodynamic methods. The single-vineyard selections, the top of the range, perfectly reflect the owner’s philosophy: single-vineyard, single-varietal, and produced annually, they are above all a reflection of the terroir, in its best aspects as well as, at times, its excesses.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2023 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer’s wines are regularly recognized by the guide)
About the estate:
This venerable (19th-century) and leading winery, propelled onto the international stage by Michel Chapoutier in the 1990s, offers a wide range of wines produced from its own vineyards (345 hectares, cultivated biodynamically) or from purchased grapes, across most of the Rhône Valley’s flagship appellations, as well as in Roussillon and Alsace. His children, Mathilde and Maxime, have recently joined the family business.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Estate rated "Recommended" (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated Estate (2023 Guide) Selected (Please note that this guide is a ranking, and as such, all the estates listed here—even those without a star—represent, in our view, the pinnacle of French winemaking.)
About the estate:
Under the Maison M. Chapoutier label, we feature wines from the wine merchant division of this two-century-old institution based in Tain-l'Hermitage. Michel Chapoutier, now joined by his daughter Mathilde, offers a very wide range of Rhône appellations here, with a production volume approaching one million bottles. But the Chapoutier name is also present in other regions (Champagne, Alsace, Languedoc, and even Australia), a testament to this family’s dynamism. While some vintages are compelling, others, on the other hand, are far more run-of-the-mill. This inconsistency leads us to remove the star from the house this year.
Jancis Robinson
Rated: Recommended
James Suckling
Wine rated (2023 guide) 92/100 (2021 vintage)
Jeb Dunnuck
Rated: Recommended
Customer rating
3/5
based on 1 review
Review by Mr. PIERRE D. Posted on September 2, 2024
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