Wine Details

Château Aydie
Vignobles Laplace
200586
France • South West • Madiran
Tannat
2005
86
Jeff Tolmie - with Mike - 19.07.2008
Deep inky red. Alcoholic on the nose, also dust and oak. Not a great nose. Blackberry in the background. Very stong tannins, unbalanced acids. I think the fruit is unbalanced, although ripe when picked. This is a problematic wine. On the next day, the nose is much better. Sprightly blackberry. Still very bitter and tannic.
19.07.08
1
14.99
Karstadt
Notes
Alcohol: 15%
Chateau d’Aydie and the Laplace family are widely regarded as one of the foremost quality producers of Madiran. Frédéric Laplace was recognised as one of the pioneer winemakers - first to bottle Madiran wines and to sell them under his own name when the appellation was created in 1948 - when there was just 50 hectares of vineyard under production, compared to the 1650 hectares which now produce Madiran wines.

The whole venture is very much a family affair - the three grandsons and granddaughter of Frédéric run the estate between them - Francois in charge of the business side; Jean-Luc is in charge of wine-making; Bernard manages the vines; and Marie presides over the office, whilst their father Pierre is in semi-retirement but still very much involved.
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