TN: 2001 Tardieu-Laurent Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes

2001 Tardieu-Laurent Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes - mid red colour, deep nose of garrigue, forest floor and a bit of berry pie. Good length, clean acidity. Balanced and clean finish. Should have bought more. Vacqueyras wines are required to contain at least 50 percent Grenache, while Syrah and Mourvèdre must together account for at least 20 percent. Any of the other Côtes du Rhône varieties may make up 10 percent.

Seeing less Vacq. of late here in AB.

[Jenise]

Always like those T-Ls. So oaky when young, but they mature extremely well. Yes, you should have bought more!

[David M. Bueker]

There is still a bottle of this in my dad’s cellar.