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The Maurel family, with their massive holdings (almost 45 hectares) that include 12 hectares in the prime La Crau vineyard, have long been suppliers of top-quality fruit to the negoce but have moved steadily to bottling all of their production. This process has been completed with the construction of an extensive new cellar and chai that replaces the old, cramped facility attached to their home in the center of the village. Recent vintages have proven kind to the Maurels' style of fruit-driven, opulent wines made under the consultation of enologist Philippe Cambie, and fans of this estate began lining up for the 2007s while the grapes were still on the vine. Vincent Maurel shared a few funny but at the same time pathetic stories of the lengths to which people have gone to get their hands on their top cuvees, stories that involved birth years, baptisms and perhaps even incurable diseases. "Wine obsession can be pretty frightening," he laughed.

From 2008 and 2007 Rhone Valley Wines (Jan 2010) by Josh Raynolds

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2007 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes

Release Price: $60

Color: Red

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