2010 | Saouma | Chateauneuf du Pape Arioso (Double Magnum)

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Red Wine: 2010 | Saouma | Chateauneuf du Pape Arioso (Double Magnum)

Aromas of raspberry and boysenberry confiture lead the way, followed by notes of mocha, cinnamon, black tea, bergamot, anise and singed apple wood, which are seamlessly entwined, finishing with a silky feel that lets the fruit take a lengthy encore.

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Producer: Saouma

Ratings: WA | 93 V | 94

Vintage: 2010

Size: 3L

ABV: 14.4%

Varietal: Southern Rhone Red Blend

Country/Region: France, Southern Rhone

Aromas of raspberry and boysenberry confiture lead the way, followed by notes of mocha, cinnamon, black tea, bergamot, anise and singed apple wood, which are seamlessly entwined, finishing with a silky feel that lets the fruit take a lengthy encore.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2010 Chteauneuf du Pape Arioso tastes more like a Grand Cru Burgundy than a Chteauneuf du Pape, with its fresh, focused and taut profile. Giving up notions of tart cherries, rose petal, sappy underbrush, mint and hints of new leather, it flows onto the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, bright acidity and a focused, juicy and moderately concentrated feel. I like the mid-palate here, as well as the overall balance, yet the acid profile will be something to watch. Nevertheless, its impressive and I think it will age gracefully. Give it another 2-3 years in the cellar and enjoy bottles through 2025.

• Vinous: Opaque ruby. Heady dark berry, candied licorice and Indian spice aromas are brightened by a suave mineral nuance. Juicy, incisive and pure on the palate, offering sweet black raspberry and spicecake flavors that take on weight with aeration. The spicy quality dominates the very long, penetrating finish, which features smooth tannins and a sexy floral pastille nuance.

Producer Information

Rotem & Mounir Saouma is an estate based in Chteauneuf-du-Pape, in the Southern Rhne. The eponymous wife-and-husband team also own Lucien Le Moine, a small ngociant-lveur in Burgundy. The latter was founded in the late 1990s. Newly fermented wines are bought from partner growers, then aged and bottled by by the Saoumas. From the mid 2000s they wished to make wine from their own land, but finding vineyard parcels is very difficult in Burgundy. Furthermore they wished to avoid competing directly with partner growers and friends. Instead they looked to the Chteauneuf-du-Pape region – not an easy option either. Their strategy was to work with SAFER, the government-run land sales intermediary, and focus on lots which no on else wanted. Though the nine parcels they bought were often in a terrible state, they were able to access some very well-situated vines. Now 8.4 hectares (20.75 acres) are owned in Chteauneuf-du-Pape, with more in the Ctes du Rhne-Villages AOP. In the cellars, white wines are pressed hard and juice is hyper-oxidized. The wine ferments slowly and gently on the lees. After 16 months or so these wines can still be undergoing malolactic fermentation. The new ferment can look dark brwn in color, but becomes “conventionally” pale while maturing. These techniques are designed to bring long life once bottled. Some reds are made by placing whole bunches in amphorae, which are left alone for a year. The Omnia Chteauneuf is made using large wooden foudres, 500-liter barrels, and cement tanks, including some eggs.