Grande réserve

AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret

Cet assemblage de grenache et de syrah est une expression précise et concentrée du terroir, qui nous offre une grande complexité intéressante. Et il va continuer à se bonifier !

Séduisant et expressif… harmonie et texture impressionnantes… délicieux.
Wine Spectator

Notes de dégustation

D’une couleur pourpre profond, ce vin présente un nez complexe de fruits épicés et de notes savoureuses. Les figues noires, les mûres, le café et le chocolat amer participent à l’expression harmonieuse de ce vin somptueux dont la longueur et la profondeur sont encadrées par des tanins veloutés et une fraîcheur équilibrée. A déguster avec des légumes rôtis, des viandes rouges, du gibier et des fromages crémeux.

CÉPAGES
70% Grenache
30% Syrah

TERROIR
Ce vin est issu de vignes plantées sur les trois principaux terroirs de Mourchon. Nous récoltons les raisins les plus tardifs de nos vieilles vignes afin d’obtenir une concentration optimale grâce à nos faibles rendements.

ÂGE DES VIGNES
60 ans

RENDEMENT
20 hl/ha

VINIFICATION
Après une longue macération de 3 à 4 semaines, élevage en fûts de chêne pour la Syrah et en cuves bois et béton pour le Grenache pendant 18 mois

POTENTIEL DE GARDE
10-15ans

CERTIFICATION
Biologique

Presse

2022

Note : 92/100

Ce rouge séduisant se distingue par la beauté de sa texture, avec des notes de réglisse noire, de prune et d’épices, soutenues par des tanins joliment polis, mais qui offrent une solide prise sur la bouche mûre et charnue. Frais, harmonieux et long, avec une densité impressionnante et une très belle longueur soutenue par une minéralité chaleureuse. Grenache et Syrah. A boire dès maintenant et jusqu’en 2032.

Note : 92/100

Le Côtes Du Rhône Villages Séguret Grande Réserve 2022 est composé à 70 % de grenache et à 30 % de syrah. La framboise noire, les herbes poivrées, le bois épicé et quelques nuances de viande brillent ici. Il est mi-corsé à corsé, avec une bouche large et complexe, beaucoup de tanins et une belle finale. J’adore ce vin aujourd’hui, mais il a encore de belles années devant lui, de 10 à 12 ans.

Note : 17/20

Cramoisi profond. Bord pâle. Nez très épicé, élégant et raffiné. Saveurs très charnues et merveilleusement douces avec une saveur attrayante en fin de bouche. Finale sèche plutôt que sucrée. Ce vin a la transparence que l’on aimerait voir dans tous les Châteauneufs. Bien joué ! Il pourrait bien durer plus longtemps que je ne le suggère, mais c’est déjà un tel plaisir à boire que je me demande quel serait l’intérêt de le garder plus longtemps. Finale satisfaisante. Très réussi et susceptible d’être un excellent rapport qualité-prix. En France, c’est l’équivalent de moins de 20 dollars.

2021

Note : 93/100

Corsé, mais juteux, avec une acidité vive et vibrante. Remarquablement frais, avec des notes subtiles de violette sur la mûre. Un style tendu et droit, comme c’est souvent le cas pour ce millésime. Agréablement désaltérant malgré sa puissance, pour l’instant ; il gagnera en intérêt avec le temps, et pourrait avoir une très longue durée de vie. 14,5 % d’alcool, sans déséquilibre. Élevé pendant un an, 60% en cuves bois et 40% en cuves béton.

Note : 92/100

L’altitude et les sols argilocalcaires confèrent une empreinte minérale à cette vieille vigne de grenache. Nez de cuir, d’épices et de fruits rouges, les tanins profonds soulignent l’harmonie de l’ensemble.

2020

TOP 100 WINES 2023

Séduisant et expressif avec une belle ampleur … offre une harmonie et une texture impressionnantes … un palais formidable d’une belle rondeur… des tannins légèrement granuleux fournissent un cadre ferme. Délicieux.

Concours Mondial de Bruxelles – Médaille d’or

Grand équilibre, grande longueur, soyeux, très élégant, excellente plénitude et rondeur, boisé.

Salon Wine of the week

La Grande Réserve Séguret 2020 est somptueuse et épicée, avec un arôme de figues noires et de mûres chauffées par le soleil, une bouche de fruits succulents enveloppés dans une crème de cappuccino et une finale qui équilibre la richesse et la concentration avec une pointe de chocolat amer et une fraîcheur savoureuse, épicée, de feuille de laurier.

2019

Note : 93+/100

Un autre vin brillant est le Côtes Du Rhône Villages Séguret Grande Réserve 2019, une expression riche et puissante de ce terroir offrant beaucoup de fruits rouges et noirs mûrs, des notes de minéralité crayeuse, de poivre moulu et de réglisse noire qui prennent du temps à s’ouvrir. En bouche, il est corsé et offre une grande ampleur, des tanins mûrs mais solides et une belle finale.

Note : 91/100

Sombre et mûr, ce vin présente un excellent équilibre entre les saveurs de prune et de compote de mûres, grâce à une colonne vertébrale de minéralité qui persiste agréablement jusqu’à la finale, tandis qu’une touche tardive de sarriette séchée ajoute de la complexité à l’ensemble.

2018

Jonathan Livingstone Médaille d’argent

Notes de cuir et de poivre attrayantes. Bouche chaude et riche en fruits noirs. Grande fraîcheur et équilibre avec une longue finale. Bon potentiel.

Note : 92/100

Révélant une teinte pourpre profonde ainsi qu’un superbe nez de framboise noire, de mûre épicée, de garrigue poivrée, de bois de cèdre et de camphre, cette beauté frappe le palais avec une richesse mi-corsée à corsée, une texture ronde et sexy, des tanins doux et une belle finale. Il présente une minéralité impressionnante en fin de bouche et, sur le plan qualitatif, il n’a rien à envier aux meilleurs Châteauneuf du Pape du millésime. Il devrait briller pendant au moins 7 à 8 ans.

Note : 92/100

Élégant et pur, avec des notes de groseille et de framboise agrémentées de réglisse rouge et de thé rouge. De colis tannins à grain fin tout au long de la finale permettent à ce vin de rester concentré. La longueur est également au rendez-vous, avec une minéralité fine et crayeuse qui fait son apparition.

2017

Note : 93/100

With a bit more Syrah than the Tradition, the 2017 Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Grande Reserve comes across as slightly peppery and herbal, with baked blackberry fruit accented by baking spices (40% of the assemblage spends two years in demi-muids). It’s full-bodied, rich and supple across the mid-palate, with tangy red berries and softly dusty tannins on the long finish.

Note : 16++/20

D’une belle couleur rubis. Le nez est plus charnu que celui de Tradition 2017.
Quelques notes suaves et beaucoup plus de structure – du chêne ? Un vin ambitieux où la chaleur de l’alcool est plus évidente que dans le Tradition. Je le garderais un peu plus longtemps pour permettre aux tanins légèrement tendus de se détendre, mais il devrait offrir une consommation très intéressante et satisfaisante à un prix nettement inférieur à celui des grands noms du Rhône méridional. Encore un peu de tanins en fin de bouche.

2016

Note : 92/100

A tank sample of the 2016 Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Grande Reserve looked lush and rich on my August visit. The tannins are suppler than usual, the fruit heading into blueberries and licorice while picking up a trace of warmth on the finish.

Note : 94/100

I assume a similar blend (these labels are nightmares where it comes to distinguishing which wine is which, and what the differences are), the 2016 Séguret Grand Reserve is knockout stuff and ticks all my boxes. A fabulous perfume of blueberries, kirsch, ground pepper, violets, and crushed rocks is followed by a voluptuous, expansive Rhône that has full-bodied richness, an expansive texture, rocking mid-palate depth, and sweet tannins. It’s a sensational Séguret that will instantly transport you to these gorgeous limestone hillsides in the south of France.

2015

Note : 16.5/20

Tank sample. 65% Grenache, 35% Syrah,. 12 months in concrete tanks and two-and three-year-old oak barrels. Tasted blind. Blackish glossy purple. Fragrant and with beautifully managed tannins and real vitality. Great mix of interesting fruit and reassuring structure. Likely to be VGV (Very Good Value). 15% Drink 2018-2025.

Note : 14.5/20

Avec cette cuvée, on monte en volume, en intensité́ et en élégance. Malgré́ le supplément de structure, son fruit riche reste équilibré́. Joli vin.

Note : 92/100

The 2015 Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Grande Reserve, tasted from barrel, is riper and richer than the Tradition, but it still retains bright mulberry flavors and the crisp, tannic backbone that are hallmarks of this estate’s vineyards. It’s 65% Grenache and 35% Syrah, aged in three-year-old Burgundy barrels.

2014

Note : 91/100

DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS 2017 SILVER MEDAL

Note : 16.5/20

Tank sample. 65% Grenache, 35% Syrah, 60 year-old vines on steep slopes. Just 20 hl/ha. 40% aged in oak barrels and the rest in concrete like the Tradition bottling. Deep crimson. Pretty gamey nose with masses of ripe fruit. Ahint of icing sugar, it’s so sweet on the nose but not at all on the palate. Good, fresh fruit and acidity and, like the Tradtion, marked tannins – but in this wine he concentration of fruit provides more distraction – and perhaps the lack of Carignan helps. No obvious oak. Very ambitious. 14,5% Drink 2017-2022.

Note : 90/100

A blend of 65% Grenache and 35% Syrah that was brought up in 60% concrete tanks and 40% French oak, the 2014 Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret Grande Réserve offers a forward, elegant style that just begs to be drunk. Black raspberries, saddle leather, cured meats and assorted street market-like aromatics give way to a medium-bodied, elegant 2014 that’s already drinking nicely, yet will keep for 4-6 years given its balance and purity.

Note : 91/100

This has a rich core of blackberry and raspberry fruit, offset by grippy alder and tobacco accents, along with a twinge of iron through the finish. Solidly built. Grenache and Syrah. Drink now through 2022. 3,500 cases made – James Molesworth.

2013

Note : 91/100

Ripe and racy, with excellent definition to the cassis, blackberry and raspberry fruit, supported by light bramble and anise accents and driving through the chalk-edged finish. Drink now through 2021. 3,500 cases made.

Note : 16.5/20

65% Grenache, 35% Syrah, vine age 60 years. A mixture of clay, limestone and grey sandstone on steep slopes. 20 hl/ha. Ageing: 40% oak barrels, blended with 60% concrete vats. Smells elegant and a little smoky and just a touch red fruited, smells as if it will taste fresh. It has the Mourchon elegance but the fruit seems rather suppressed on the palate, perhaps it needs time to blossom? A bit flat on the finish, as if that restraint has gone a little too far. Perhaps just needs a bit longer to become more expressive. (JH)

2012

Note : 90/100

A pure, sleek style, with blackberry, black currant and plum fruit set on a graphite spine and backed by a lightly singed mesquite note on the finish. Solid. Drink now through 2017. 4,000 cases made.

Note : 17/20

Refined, fragrant dark fruit. These Rhône village wines seem so deliciously mineral in this vintage. Powder-fine tannins but still with an overall firmness. Rocky framework filled out with restrained and dark fruit. Elegant and withheld at the moment. Delicious. GV (JH)

2011

Note : 90/100

This is solid, with a nice core of crushed plum, blackberry and boysenberry fruit, lined with lightly briary tannins and framed by a graphite note on the finish. Drink now through 2015. 2,500 cases made.

Note : 16.5/20

60 year-old vines. 65% Grenache, 35% Syrah. 20 hl/ha. 40% oak and 60% concrete. Scary alcohol level but all that power is well managed. There is real meat to this wine, unlike so many 2011 southern Rhône reds. Also a slightly charred note on the nose. But there has obviously been an attempt to make this wine presentable in polite company. The finish is sweet, but mellow rather than alcoholic. Pretty good value at 14 euros in France. Definitely tastes above its station even if it is not quite as glorious as some vintages of this wine. But it’s as good as some Gigondas.

2010

Note : 92/100

(made from two-thirds grenache and one-third syrah): Opaque ruby. Heady scents of red berry preserves, lavender, anise and sandalwood, lifted by a peppery topnote. Offers intense, palate-staining raspberry and cherry-cola flavors that gain weight with air. Impressively lively and pure on the persistent finish, which features gentle tannins and a late note of bitter chocolate.

Note : 90/100

Ripe and concentrated, but very silky and refined, with lots of black tea and incense swirling around the core of cassis, blackberry and plum fruit. The long, anise-infused finish has an iron hint as well. Drink now through 2015. 3,000 cases made.

Note : 93/100

Possibly the best wine I’ve tasted from this estate, the smoking good 2010 Grande Réserve is a blend of 65% Grenache and 35% Syrah that would pass undetected in a lineup of top-quality Châteauneuf-du-Papes. Boasting a vivid purple color as well as knockout aromatics of raspberry, spice, licorice, garrigue, and hints of flowers, this full-bodied Séguret is an incredibly complete wine that has nothing out of place, fantastic concentration, and a seamless, layered profile. Quite fresh and still tight now, it should be given 2-3 years in the cellar, and then consumed over the following 7-8 years.

Note : 16.5/20

65% Grenache, 35% Syrah, 60 year old vines 20 hl/ha. 40% aged in oak. Serious stuff! Beautifully sculpted with no excess of alcohol.

2009

Note : 91/100

Dark and juicy, with a lovely espresso and tobacco frame to the dark fig, cassis and violet core. Long and rich through the finish, but with graphite-led cut that adds serious length. Grenache and Syrah. Drink now through 2013. 3,300 cases made.

Note : 93/100

A blend of 65% old-vine Grenache and 35% Syrah that’s aged in a combination of 60% tank and 40% barrel, the 2009 Domaine de Mourchon Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret Grande Réserve is a spectacular ’09 that’s even better than the brilliant 2007. It delivers a beautifully complex array of black cherry liqueur, lavender, leafy herbs, and pepper that gives way to a voluptuously styled, round, supple southern Rhône that has more in common with a top Vacqueyras or Châteauneuf-du-Pape than a Séguret. This is a region, and more importantly, a producer, to watch. This beauty is delicious now, yet has more than enough concentration and balance to drink nicely for upwards of a decade.

Note : 16.5/20

Dunno what Mourchon have been putting on their corn flakes but their wines are amazingly alcoholic this year – two other cuvees 16% according to the label. Perhaps they are being frank when others dare not? Anyway, the heat is not overpowering in this very true-to-type wine with lots of herbs and spices, though it is pretty sudden on the finish. Lots of animal gaminess, and sweetness at first. Very well made though not made for the very long term.

2007

Note : 92/100

This is impressive for its array of dark fig, espresso, currant paste and hoisin sauce notes all laid over a tangy, minerally spine that drives the finish along. Mesquite, charcoal and braised beef notes add further dimension. Drink now through 2013. 3,750 cases made.

Note : 92/100

Much more perfumed and spicy than the ’06, the 2007 Domaine de Mourchon Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret Grande Réserve, same elevage and blend, sports awesome aromatics of garrigue, wild strawberry, and kirsch fruit, dried flowers, and loads of minerality that comes though on the finish. Seductive and complex on the nose, the wine doesn’t lose a beat on the palate and possesses beautifully ripe fruit, a round, soft texture, fresh acidity and enough tannin to allow this to evolve and drink well over the next 10 years. This is a superb wine the really highlights the beauty of the vintage. Well done!

2006

Note : 89/100

Hints of caramel and toasted almond mark the nose of this oak-aged wine. The cherry fruit still comes through, especially on the creamy-textured midpalate. Firms up on the finish, adding notes of vanilla and licorice. Drink now–2015.

Note : 91/100

Very dark, showing fig and currant paste notes, but very racy, with graphite, freshly drawn espresso, bittersweet cocoa and black tea notes helping to extend the long, alluring finish. Nice underlying grip. Drink now through 2011. 3,000 cases made.

Note : 91+/100

A blend of 65% Grenache and 35% Syrah from 60 year old vines, the 2006 Domaine de Mourchon Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret Grande Réserve has 40% of the blend aged in oak barrels. Despite the similar elevage to the ’07, this is distinctly different and is much more dark and dense with black cherry, road tar, licorice and toasted spice and wood notes. There’s solid depth and richness and I expect that the bouquet will gain complexity and interest with another year or two in the cellar. Clearly outstanding on the palate, the wine is medium+ bodied with a solid, quality texture, ripe fruit, and a compact, dense personality that carries into the finish. Give this another couple of years in the cellar and then drink over the following 5 to 8.

2005

Note : 91/100

Impressive, showing lots of juicy plum, currant and boysenberry fruit, with hints of garrigue, tar and licorice. There’s plenty of toast on the finish, but also solid minerality. Drink now through 2009. 2,915 cases made.

2004

Note : 90/100

Dark ruby color. Aromas of ripe blackberry and currant, lifted by a violet perfume. Rich and sappy, showing dense dark berry and licorice flavors and firm but well-knit tannins. This is almost viscous on the finish, with a concentrated inky cherry character.

Note : 90/100

Ripe, powerful blackberry and currant fruit cuts a broad swath, while tobacco, garrigue, loam and game notes fill in behind it. Nice grip on the finish. Drink now through 2008. 2,500 cases made.

Note : 16/20

A little reduced on the nose but a great broad swathe of spicy fruit on the palate with lots of fine tannins too and personality. A mouthful of character! Slightly dry tannins on the finish.

2003

Note : 89/100

Saturated ruby color. Deep scents of creme de mure and espresso. Very ripe and plummy, with concentrated, warm berry flavors and darker suggestions of tobacco, bitter chocolate and tar. This shows the thick texture and dark fruit character of the vintage, and finishes with solid, chewy tannins. A powerhouse, but I find more purity in the Tradition.

Note : 89/100

Matured in barrique for 9 months, this blend of Grenache and Syrah features intense cherry aromas accented by red plum notes—maybe even a hint of peach. Yet despite the evident ripeness it’s still on the firm side, with some tea-like tannins on the finish. Drink 2008–2013.

Note : 89/100

Rich, modern style with lots of bacony smoke weaving through raspberry and blackberry fruit. Picks up nice briar, ganache and game hints on the finish. Delicious. Drink now through 2007. 2,500 cases made.

2001

Note : 88/100

Rich and smoky, this modern-styled version sports lots of raspberry and blackberry fruit, along with bittersweet chocolate, bacon and espresso notes. It’s softened around the edges a bit now, but is still for fans of burly, toasty wines. Drink now through 2006. 2,500 cases made.

1999

Note : 88/100

Beautiful. Dark, medium- to full-bodied and firmly tannic, with plenty of black fruit and a good dose of fresh, succulent acidity to move it forward and keep it on an even keel. Some iron, mineral and blood orange on the aftertaste suggest interesting terroir. Best from 2003 through 2008. 1,915 cases made.