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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti15.0%

What does this wine taste like?

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Garnet / Dark
Bouquet
Ripe red fruit / Spices / Morello cherry / Complex
Mouth
Smooth tannins / Balanced / Concentrated / Long

Drinking and storing

Serve between 14ºC and 16ºC

Ratings and awards

201993 DC
201891 PK
201790 PK
201691 PK
201593 PK16.5 JR
PK: ParkerJR: Jancis robinsonDC: Decanter

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker and Jancis Robinson

The 2018 Côtes du Roussillon Villages Chimères is 40% Grenache and 30% each Carignan and Syrah, aged 14 months in a combination of concrete tanks and oak demi-muids. Like virtually all of the Lafage-affiliated wines, it overdelivers for the price, offering up bushels of blueberries, cherries and stone fruit, tamed into savoriness on the finish by hints of wood spice and black olives. It's full-bodied and concentrated but supple, making it drinkable now and over the next five or so years. Impressively, this is a stronger effort than the 2017.

— Joe Czerwinski (11/06/2020)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2018 - 91 PARKER

Deep crimson. Sweet, ripe, dark-red fruit and perfumed, really fragrant for what seems like a rich and powerful wine, to judge from the colour and the aroma. A touch of vanilla. On the palate it has remarkable freshness and an attractive combination of juicy fluid fruit and dry, fine tannins. Elegant and supple, with a long, dry fruity finish. This has notes of rocky graphite on the finish, giving you a clue to where you are but the freshness is impressive for the sunny Roussillon. A lovely wine that you could drink now – but better with food – and no hurry as it is still so full of vibrant youthfulness. I may be being too conservative with the drink dates but the fruit is so delicious I wouldn't want to lose it all to tertiary complexity.

— Julia Harding (19/12/2017)JancisRobinson.com Vintage 2015 - 16.5 JANCIS ROBINSON

Customer reviews

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Vineyards

Vine age60 years
SoilSchist / Clay
ClimateMediterranean

The winery

Domaine Lafage

Domaine Lafage

Domaine Lafage, situated on the outskirts of Perpignan, is the winery run by Jean-Marc and Eliane Lafage, the sixth generation in charge of the family-owned vineyards. The winery's modern-day history began with 36 ha of inherited old vines and gradually extended over very varied corners of Roussillon, where different climates and terrains occur, enabling the winery to produce one of the most complete wine portfolios in the whole of France. Lying between the sea and the...

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