Mordoree CDP Rouge Cuvee Reine des Bois 2000
The 2000 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge Cuvée de la Reine des Bois from Domaine de la Mordorée is a blend dominated by Grenache (80%), complemented by Mourvèdre, Syrah, Counoise, and Vaccarèse. The Wine Advocate awards it 97/100 and recommends drinking it between 2014 and 2019. The review describes a broad, voluptuous wine of great complexity, combining spices, liquorice, graphite, black cherry, redcurrant, and a very pure expression of fruit.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Rhone
- Appellation
- Châteauneuf Du Pape
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine de la Mordorée
- Cuvée
- Cuvée de la Reine des Bois
- Millésime
- 2000
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 80% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, 5% Syrah, 3% Counoise, 3% Vaccarèse
Domaine de la Mordorée
Domaine de la Mordorée is a family-run estate based in Tavel, in the southern Rhône Valley. Founded in 1986 by Francis Delorme and his son Christophe, it now cultivates 42 hectares spread across several municipalities and produces, in particular, wines from Tavel, Lirac, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes-du-Rhône. Madeleine Delorme and her daughter Ambre manage the estate, with the vineyard cultivated using organic and biodynamic methods.
- Owner
- Madeleine Delorme et Ambre Delorme
- Surface (ha)
- 42.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Domaine de la Mordorée was established in 1986 in Tavel by Francis Delorme and his son Christophe. The family previously owned vineyards in Tavel and the Côtes-du-Rhône, before building a cellar and wine stores at the heart of the family estate. The first plot was acquired in Lirac when the estate was first established. The vineyard subsequently expanded, notably with the purchase of plots in Châteauneuf-du-Pape in 1989 and a hillside in Condrieu in 1992; the first barrels of Condrieu were produced in 2009. Christophe Delorme oversaw the estate’s development for nearly thirty years. He passed away in June 2015. Since 2016, his wife Madeleine Delorme and their daughter Ambre have continued to run the business with the existing team. The estate is now certified as organic and Demeter biodynamic.
Cuvée de la Reine des Bois
La Reine des Bois is explicitly presented as a historic and emblematic cuvée of Domaine de la Mordorée. The name is used for Châteauneuf-du-Pape red, Lirac red and white, as well as Tavel rosé. In Châteauneuf-du-Pape, it designates a concentrated and powerful blend coming notably from the La Crau plateau, crafted for aging.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- « Reine des Bois » is a poetic nickname for the woodcock, a bird that also inspires the estate's name and several of its cuvées.
- Style of the cuvée
- An ambitious, complex, and structured expression of the estate's terroirs, generally marked by depth, concentration, and length. The red versions favor ripe fruit, balanced power, and aging potential; the Lirac blanc aims for richness, minerality, and length.
- Position within the range
- A historic, emblematic, and age-worthy cuvée, forming one of the estate's main signatures.
Histoire de la cuvée
Since its documented beginnings, the cuvée has been part of the estate's identity and its universe of names inspired by the woodcock. The producer describes it as a historic and emblematic cuvée, but no sufficiently reliable consulted source specifies its initial vintage of creation.
