Domaine de Mourchon Family Reserve Syrah, Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret, France

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Tasted from foudre, the medium to full-bodied 2015 Cotes du Rhone Villages Seguret Family Reserve Syrah combines lively black pepper aromas with fresh blackberries and hints of espresso, roasted meat and cola. It's an unusually expressive Syrah for the Southern Rh?ne, with supple tannins and crisp acids.

Deeper in color, with a Northern Rh?ne-like bouquet of black raspberries, blueberries, crushed rocks and pepper, the 2014 C?tes du Rh?ne Villages Séguret Family Reserve Syrah is medium to full-bodied, has impeccable purity, medium-bodied richness, juicy acidity and a clean, elegant style. It’s another terrific wine that will be one of the longer-lived examples from the vintage.

The 2010 Family Reserve Syrah is an altogether different animal than the Grenache cuvee (purchasers need to read the back label to see whether it is the Grenache or Syrah cuvee). The second most expensive wine, it is aged in small wood for nearly a year before being bottled. As one might expect, it displays notes of forest floor and blackberry as well as hints of road tar and truffle. The wine is saturated, rich, full-bodied, and actually surprisingly complex and well-made, even though it is 100% Syrah from the Southern Rhone, which tends to be a somewhat worrisome proposition in all but the most exceptional terroirs, which proprietor McKinlay obviously has. This wine should drink nicely for up to a decade. These are all sensational wines from proprietor Walter McKinlay. Various American importers, including Dionysus Imports, Houston, TX; tel. (713) 822-8007, Cynthia Hurley, West Newton, MA; tel. (617) 965-4251, Wine Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA; tel. (323) 724-1700; and Ventoux Wines, Chicago, IL; tel. (847) 881-2699

It is also slightly more powerful than the 2009 Family Reserve, which tips the scales at 15% natural alcohol and has a dense ruby/purple color and a beautiful nose of sweet cassis, black cherries and spice box. Again, unctuously textured, full-bodied, opulent, and possessing all the hallmarks of this sumptuously styled, voluminous vintage, this wine is juicy, thick, opulent, and a hedonistic as well as intellectual turn-on. It should drink well for 7-8 years, but again, it is showing exceptionally well. In just over a decade, this family-owned estate has become not only a top producer in the southern Rhone, but also a reference point for what’s possible in the picturesque and touristy hilltop village of Seguret. Now, under a negociant label called Mourchon, they have added a cuvee of Chateauneuf du Pape, which follows the Cotes du Rhone reviews. Readers have to be careful, since it’s not easy to distinguish between the two cuvees of Family Reserve 2009. One has a back label that says “Grenache,” and is undoubtedly the smaller cuvee, as it comes from very old vines and production was only 2,000 bottles.Various American importers, including Dionysus Imports, Houston, TX; tel. (713) 822-8007, Cynthia Hurley, West Newton, MA; tel. (617) 965-4251, Wine Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA; tel. (323) 724-1700; and Ventoux Wines, Chicago, IL; tel. (847) 881-2699

The 2009 Seguret Family Reserve Syrah is 100% Syrah aged in small oak barrels for ten months before being bottled unfiltered. It exhibits the most saturated ruby/purple color of this quartet along with attractive aromas of blackberries, cassis, spice, licorice and background oak. It does not possess the complexity of the Grenache-based cuvee, but it is a very good Syrah from the southern Rhone that should provide plenty of pleasure over the next 5-8 years. Mourchon has quickly emerged as one of the leading estates of the Cotes du Rhone village of Seguret. Normally three cuvees are produced although in 2008, no Grande Reserve was made. Proprietor Walter McKinlay continues to prove that humble pedigrees can turn out silky vinous treasures. Various American importers, including Dionysus Imports, Houston, TX; tel. (713) 822-8007, Cynthia Hurley, West Newton, MA; tel. (617) 965-4251, Wine Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA; tel. (323) 724-1700; and Chelsea Ventures, Chicago, IL tel 847-920-5052