La Domelière 2017

ORTAS CAVE DE RASTEAU

La Domelière
2017

$24.99*

* Suggested retail price
Product code
11367
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
MBLL - Specialty listing
Status
Store Only
Type of product
Still wine
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Rhône Valley
Subregion
Southern Rhône
Appellation
Rasteau
Varietal(s)
Grenache 70 %
Syrah 20 %
Mourvèdre 10 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

In the south of France sits the village of Rasteau, a small hilltop parish with a long history of winemaking. First established by the Romans in 30 BC, the hilly, south-facing slopes and smooth-pebbled soils of the region provide the ideal terroir for planting classic Rhone varietals like: Grenache, Mourvedre, and of course Syrah. Cave de Rasteau is one of Côtes du Rhône’s oldest co-operative wineries. Founded in 1925, it now consists of a union of eighty growers managing over 700 hectares....

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Tasting notes

Le Dome du Grand Bois Cotes du Rhône shines a brilliant ruby red in your glass as it releases wonderful aromas of red fruit and blackcurrant. Fruity and spicy in style, this wine also offers a well-balanced tannic structure. Pair it with roast chicken, lamb dishes, or goat cheeses.

Press reviews

Natalie MacLean

- 91 points -

June 2014

"Gorgeous richness in this powerful red wine at a staggeringly great price! Black fleshy plums that rub up against your senses and pleasure centre. Layers and layers of velvet richness. Mouth-filling and mouth-pleasing. Get a case."

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Wine Scores

- 91 points -

February 2017 (Vintage 2015)

Fragrant, supple, persistent. 
This Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre blend comes from the newish AOC, Rasteau, which is found just above Chateauneuf-du-Pape in the Southern Rhone Valley.
It is a wonderfully succulent wine, offering roasted cherries, blueberries, sarsaparilla, mocha and toffee with a bouquet of lilacs and freesia blossoms. Supple and substantive on the palate; plump purple fruits, mocha, spice, wild botanicals and bacon fat flavours lead to a lengthy espresso finish. 
Pair: Roasted red meats, game birds, aged goat cheese and hearty pastas. 

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Wine Scores

- 90 points -

November 2014

"Concentrated, supple, generous. From France's new AOC, Rasteau, found just above Chateauneuf-du-Pape in the Southern Rhone Valley, this rich red blend is made from old vine Grenache (the queen of the Southern Rhone), Syrah (the king of the Northern Rhone) and Mourvedre. Cave de Rasteau
Expect spicy blackberry, sweet black cherry, vanilla, thyme, crushed wild flowers, carob and sarsaparilla. The palate is supple with equally generous fruit alongside mocha, baking spices. Potent in character with sweet, polished tannins across the finish."

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Vinous

- 90 points -

Josh Raynolds, June 2016 (Vintage 2014)

Ruby-red. Spice-tinged aromas of red and blue fruit preserves and potpourri take on subtle incense and white pepper nuances with air. Juicy raspberry and boysenberry flavors open slowly, picking up a mineral quality that adds back-end lift and cut. Sweeter and fleshy on the finish, where the supple tannins fold smoothly into the juicy fruit. This is a pretty delicious and highly drinkable bottle of wine.

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 Wine Enthusiast

- 90 points -

May 2017

This bottling is more refined than the Dame Victoria, offering hints of leather, black cherries and licorice on the nose and palate. The tannins are silky, leading to immediate approachability and an elegant finish.

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 Wine Enthusiast

- 90 points -

March 2019

In this wine, juicy blackberry and black-cherry notes are delicately muted by hints of forest floor and earth. It's full bodied and concentrated yet maintains a briskness on the palate. It's fresh and fruity yet earthy, complex and elegant too.

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Gismondi on Wine

Top Ten: Red Wine Values

February 2022 (Vintage 2019)

Featured as a Top Ten: Red Wine Values from Anthony Gismondi on Wine.

 "Some wines just deliver year in and year out and this Rasteau is one of them. La Domelière is planted to a commune hillside over chalky-limestone terraces covered with pebbles. The mix on average is 40 years age for the grenache (70%), syrah (20%) and mourvèdre (10%). The palate is a savoury, spicy garrigue affair with dark red, slightly jammy red fruit, flecked with licorice and pepper. It’s the value and the honesty here that makes this wine so attractive."

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