2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Prestige, Roger Sabon, Rhône
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
Ready - mature
- Robert Parker
- 96/100
- Jancis Robinson MW
- 18/20
Product: 20098024253
Description
Rhône 2009 - Berrys Recommends
Another impressive effort from this fast rising estate. The 2009 Cuvee Prestige is dense and full of dark fruit, lavender and savoury spice. One for the long term with an excellent future.
(Chris Pollington, BBR Fine Wine)
Grenache is joined in this outstanding cuvée by Syrah, Mourvèdre, and the less well-known Vaccarèse and Counoise. This is the best Prestige that we have encountered at this age, its dark beguiling fruit perfectly allied to notes of licorice, Provençal herbs and hints of autumnal leaves.
Jean-Jacques Sabon and his loquacious winemaker son-in-law Didier Negron farm seventeen hectares of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Their thirteen parcels yield four impressively diverse cuvées of which Le Secret is recognised as one of the greatest wines in the whole appellation. The house philosophy is built upon a regime of lengthy macerations allied to gentle extractions of fruit. Didier, rather unusually, compares 2009 with 2006, but underlines that the current vintage has more power and ageing potential.
(Simon Field MW BBR Buyer)
Another impressive effort from this fast rising estate. The 2009 Cuvee Prestige is dense and full of dark fruit, lavender and savoury spice. One for the long term with an excellent future.
(Chris Pollington, BBR Fine Wine)
Grenache is joined in this outstanding cuvée by Syrah, Mourvèdre, and the less well-known Vaccarèse and Counoise. This is the best Prestige that we have encountered at this age, its dark beguiling fruit perfectly allied to notes of licorice, Provençal herbs and hints of autumnal leaves.
Jean-Jacques Sabon and his loquacious winemaker son-in-law Didier Negron farm seventeen hectares of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Their thirteen parcels yield four impressively diverse cuvées of which Le Secret is recognised as one of the greatest wines in the whole appellation. The house philosophy is built upon a regime of lengthy macerations allied to gentle extractions of fruit. Didier, rather unusually, compares 2009 with 2006, but underlines that the current vintage has more power and ageing potential.
(Simon Field MW BBR Buyer)
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2009
Maturity Ready - mature
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine Roger Sabon
Critics reviews
Robert Parker 96/100
The monumental 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Prestige is a creative blend of 60% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre, and the rest grapes such as Vaccarese, Muscardin, Cinsault, Terret Noir and Counoise. Most of the fruit is aged in foudre, with the Syrah and Mourvedre components aged in new oak. The fabulous 2009 offers an opaque purple color along with a gorgeous nose of charcoal, burning embers, black currants, soy, Asian plum sauce, blackberries and kirsch. The wine's complexity is nearly off the charts. Moreover, once it hits the palate, the high glycerin, silky tannins, low acidity and luxurious concentration provide a compelling drinking experience. This spectacular Chateauneuf du Pape is one of the wine's of the vintage. It can be drunk now or cellared for 15+ years.Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 31/10/2011
Jancis Robinson MW 18/20
Roger Sabon's Prestige 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape is very dark purplish crimson. Heady and intense. Going for gold! Very ambitious and full of true Châteauneuf flavours. There is a great deal of tannin there but one has the impression that the fruit is worth waiting for. jancis_robinson_mw MW , julia_harding MW - JancisRobinson.com - 17 Nov 2010)
About this wine
Domaine Roger Sabon
Roger Sabon is described by Robert Parker as "one of the more intellectual vignerons in Châteauneuf du-Pape". His vineyard holdings are surprisingly small, around 14 hectares, which are divided between his properties in Lirac, Chateauneuf-du-Pape and Cotes du Rhône. The Châteauneuf vineyards are well situated in Les Cabrieres, La Crau, Courtherzon and Nalys and the average age of his vines is unusually high with some of them dating back to the early 1900s. The general cepage is made up of 70% Grenache although this is reduced in his top two cuvées, the Cuvee Reservee and he Cuvée Prestige. Roger Sabon is a traditionalist and prefers to age his wines in small oak piece, none of which are new, for six months following a sojourn en cuve. He places great emphasis upon elegance rather than power in his wines and in youth his wine can be deceiving. With time, however, they grow and gain in depth and complexity and are some of the finest Châteauneufs being produced today.
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