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Maison Tardieu-Laurent
Negociant
Michel Tardieu
Les Grandes Bastides, Route de Cucuron 84160 Lourmarin
Tel. +33 490 688 025
Direct sale: Monday - Friday 8.00-12.00 and 13.30-17.30 (Friday until 16.30)
Wine Tastings only upon reservation
Mail: info@tardieu-laurent.com
Web: http://www.tardieu-laurent.com
The firm was founded in 1994 by two people
with quite different backgrounds, Michel Tardieu, who among other jobs had
been serving as a driver for French presidents and Dominique Laurent who
is the owner of a negociant firm in Bourgundy.
Very soon the wines from the firm became well known. They succeeded in
finding wines from very old vines and from good producers. Their goal was
to produce top wines and not to be a firm with great volume of production.
They were soon known for the use of new oak, and this is still a kind of
trade mark for the firm.
Today Michel Tardieu
runs the firm on his own. He takes advise from Philippe Cambie even
though he has his own oenolog to take care of the cellars in Lourmarin.
Wines have to
be vinified and to be kept in the area of origin until local authorities
have approved the right to the name. Therefore Tardieu delivers barrels to
keep the wines at the producers until February after the harvest. Then the
wines are transported to the cellars in Lourmarin and kept there for the
rest of the ageing process.
Wines
Chateauneuf du Pape
2017: 75% Grenache (80-years), 15% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre/Cinsault
Aged for 10 months in 1-2-years-old barriques. Then 12 months in foudres.
Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles
Vignes
2017: 80% Grenache (80-100-years-old), 10% Mourvedre (60-80 years)
10% Syrah. From parcels at La Crau, Les Gardioles, La Janasse, Coste Froide
and Bois Dauphin. Aged for 10 months in 1-years-old barriques. Then 12
months in foudres.
Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvée Spéciale
2017: 100% Grenache. 100-årige vinstokke på la Crau. Ingen
afstilkning.
Aged for 12 months in 2-3-years-old barriques. Then 12 months in
foudres.
Gigondas Vieilles Vignes
2017: 80% Grenache (80-100-years), 10% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah.
Aged for 10 months in 1-2-years-old barriques. Then 12 months in foudres.
Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes
2017: 70% Grenache (60+ år), 15% Mourvedre, 15% Syrah.
Aged for 10 months in 1-2-years-old barriques. Then 12 months in foudres.
Rasteau Vieilles Vignes
2017: 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre.
Aged for 10 months in 1-2-years-old barriques. Then 8 months in foudres.
Tavel Vieilles Vignes
2017: 60% Grenache, 30% Cinsault, 10% Syrah
Cotes du Rhone Cuvée
Spéciale
2017: 95% Grenache, 5% other varieties.
Aged for 12 months in 2-3-years-old barriques. Then 12 months in
foudres.
Cotes du Rhone Village Les Becs Fins
2017: 60% Syrah, 40% Grenache.
Cotes du Rhone Guy-Louis
2017: 65% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre.
Aged for 10 months in 1-2-years-old barriques. Then 8 months in foudres.
Cotes du Rone Blanc Les Becs Fin
2018: 40% Viognier, 20% Marsanne, 20% Roussanne 10% Clairette, 10%
Grenache Blanc.
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