Ripe plum, cassis with kirsch-like mouthfeel. Lacking in the structure and underlying chalky minerality that makes the 2010 version so compelling. Jammy delicious wine with a more or less simple finish. Not sure what additional cellaring will bring. Good but not great.
Many gravitated to the more classically structured 2005 Chapoutier St. Joseph Les Granits that was poured alongside this.
Notes on the estate from Jeb Dunnuck in April 2014...
A reference point producer in the Languedoc, and in my view, easily one of the top estates in all of France, La Peira en Damaisela was created in 2004 by Australian composer Rob Dougan, with the talented Jeremie Depierre making the wines.
Covering 11 hectares of gravely, rocky soils in the Terrasses du Larzac region, they produce a single white, based on Roussanne and Viognier, and four red cuvees; the Cinsault/Carignan-driven Les Obriers; the Grenache heavy (includes 25% Syrah and smaller parts Mourvedre, Cinsault and Carignan) Las Flors de La Peira; their top wine, the La Peira, which is a 60/40 blend of Syrah and Grenache; and a tiny amount of pure Mourvedre, the Matissat.
Recent notes on the estate from Jeb Dunnuck in April 2016...
The news at La Peira is the moving of winemaker Jeremie Depierre and the bringing on of new winemaker Audrey Bonnet–Koenig, who’s originally from Strasbourg, Alsace. Audrey studied in Bordeaux, working with the likes of Chateau Doisy Daene and Chateau Cheval Blanc, before working in the Languedoc at Château de Sérame. She’s joined as well by Claude Gros who has lent consulting advice here since the start.
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