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2010 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Réserve, Roger Sabon, Rhône

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - at best
Robert Parker
93/100
Product: 20108015620
2010 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Réserve, Roger Sabon, Rhône

Description

Didier prefers to blend before ageing, and given the oxidative nature of Grenache, he prefers to use larger wooden containers. The Reserve is made up of 75% of Grenache, with the balance shared between Syrah and Mourvdre. This year there is no Cinsault in this cuve; the wine is correspondingly richer with more emphasis on the darker fruits. A whistle-clean finish however. Very complete.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer, February 2012

Didier Negron is the son-in-law of Jean-Jacques Sabon, who tragically died at the end of 2011 after a long illness. Didier is now the chief winemaker at this increasingly impressive property.. He certainly talks the talk, fluently in English as we found out latterly, but to no great surprise, given his ability elsewhere. Owning 15 parcels across 17 hectares over the appellation, Domaine Sabon produce four cuves of red, the most famous of which is seen as one of the very best wines in Chteauneuf-du-Pape. The secret is out!

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2010
Maturity Ready - at best
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine Roger Sabon

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 93/100
The 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Reserve reveals a boatload of roasted Provencal herbs intermixed with lavender, licorice, cassis, kirsch, cedar, underbrush and pepper. In addition to great fruit, it possesses fabulous concentration, a full-bodied mouthfeel and a sensational, 40-second finish. It should drink well for 12-15+ years.Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 31/10/2012
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Oct 2012)

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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