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Domaine du Vieux Chêne Cuvée La Haie aux Grives 2001, A.C. Côtes du Rhône. **HERITAGE WINE**

Colour: very dark and intense red with purple.
Nose: expressive, clean, intense, warm and peppery fruity, some minerals, complex and refined, even with elegance, the pure type of black fruit, no vanillin or caramel.
Taste: quite powerful, intense, with ample concentration, not over extracted, but highly natural, even elegant, warm, spicy fruit as in the nose, beautiful peppery fruit nuances, minerals, good tannins and acidity, good mid palate, nearly Médoc like in structure.
Finish: powerful, quite long with many fruit nuances, warmth, but also a refreshing and powerful acidity, elegance and a good dosage of tannins.

* Ecologically produced wine from a very reliable producer. Luxurious cuvée produced from low yielding (35 hl/ha) old vines (50 years), 85% Grenache, 15% Syrah. Very natural in style, the ultimate expression of the grapes, no use of wood at all, however very straight-forward, this wine has a lot to offer. A rare purity of spicy fruit and minerals with an impressive elegance. This type of wine is rare in the Rhône, it has the elegance of a good Médoc, you will not even notice the high alcohol content in the wine.  Wines from this producer are excellent examples of the expression of the terroir. No fashionable oak or over extraction, just pure and the best you can produce from these vineyards. To be able to talk about Rhône, taste this wine first.

- Could be drunk now, will change and improve with age (less fruit, but more spices and balsamic nuances) will keep until 2008.

- Highly recommended wine if you want elegance, power and purity of fruit and terroir.

- lotnr.: L 02123

- tasted: 14-10-’03, retasted several times (consistent notes)

- estimated retail price ca. 7,50 euro

- average production: ca. 30.000 bottles

- Domaine du Vieux Chêne, Jean-Claude & Béatrice Bouche, 84850 Camaret Sur Aigues, Vaucluse, France tel.: + 33-490 37 25 07 / fax.: + 33-490 37 76 84 / e-mail: contact@bouche-duvieuxchene.com, web site: www.bouche-duvieuxchene.com