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Mattes Sabran Corbieres Le Clos Redon 2010

Great Corbieres should grab one by the collar and scold you for mistaking other lesser reds of Corbieres as all the region can do -because this is what Corbieres is all about: at once both seriously Syrah and as consumingly fragrant as a field of garrigue, one might mistakenly think they were drinking a tenor Chateauneuf-du-Papes except for this being 100% boldly ripened Syrah... there's a bass note that holds all the floral aromas from soaring up out of sight of the earth below. Corbieres like this could define Corbieres as a seldom achieved ideal: sage, rosemary, and plums, meat pan juices, juniper, and thyme all in a tension akin to to a Syrah of the northern Rhone. Stunning does not begin to describe this.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, January 2013

Le Clos Redon is Chateau du Mattes Sabran's best selling wine because it offers a unique complexity and depth of flavor. When young, the Syrah contributes its fruity nose and elegance, though after some aging, the fragrant and supple Grenache makes this wine enjoyable after even six or eight years. Corbieres offers a cognate that would give a fine Cotes du Rhone or Gigondas a run for their money and still end up first past the post by a country mile. An outstanding full red wine this!
Wine review by Marcus Mansavage, January 2013

Food Pairings

Winged beasties with dark meat like duck, goose, squab, and griffins. Hooved game. Roasted meats.

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