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Domaine de Fondreche - Divergente Ventoux 2018 (750ml)
Price: $69.99
| Producer | Domaine de Fondreche |
| Country | France |
| Varietal | Syrah |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Sourced from a single parcel of Syrah planted in 1955, this benchmark Ventoux red calibrates the penetration and angularity of Syrah with the intensity of Southern Rhône sun and a salty, stony minerality. A powerful wine, it's also dazzling and fresh, with chalky, finely edged tannins and a piercing, crystalline finish. Delicious young, the wine should mature well through 2030 and hold further still.
Rated 96/100 The Wine Enthusiast
I loved the 2018 Ventoux Divergente from barrel in 2019 and it's showing well today, with a meaty, exotic, almost Côte Rôtie-like vibe in its wild black raspberry and blueberry fruits as well as flowers, ground pepper, and chalky minerality. These all carry over to the palate, where the wine is medium to full-bodied and has wonderful purity, plenty of ripe, grippy tannins, and outstanding length. Give bottles another year and it should have a solid decade or more of prime drinking. This cuvée is mostly Syrah from a single parcel of very old vines planted on limestone soils.
Rated 93/100 Jeb Dunnuck
Wine Enthusiast: 96 Points
Jeb Dunnuck: 93 Points
