Domaine de Rombeau Le Botaniste Fig 3 Mourvedre & Syrah 2019  £14.95

Domaine De Rombeau Le Botaniste Fig 3 Mourvedre & Syrah

The "Le Botaniste" cuvées are the fruit of an ancestral heritage carried by the visionary qualities of Henri de La Fabrègue five generations ago. As a doctor, his knowledge of biology and his agricultural heritage led him to conduct wine-growing and viticultural experiments which have enabled his descendants to reveal the best results today. For more than a hundred years, they have continuously enriched the work of their prestigious elder.

Today, the knowledge acquired through the years leads them to a culture of the vine that respects its environment and the ecosystem to which it belongs. The work of Henri de La Fabrègue invites them to abandon the agricultural practices implemented in the middle of the 20th century, which had made them forget the benefits of these modest cultivation methods.

"The Botanist" bears witness to the return of flowers, plants and natural grasses between the vines, long shunned and yet so important for the ecosystem. Nature is gradually reclaiming its rights and treatments are becoming significantly lighter.

They are proud to cultivate today a third of the Rombeau vineyard in organic agriculture, their objective being its totality in 2030. "Le Botaniste" is the range born from this ethical transmission.

Mourvèdre likes clay-limestone ſoils, its yield must be low ſo that its stumps are not quickly exhausted which gives this vintage personality and relief. The nose is lively and complex. There are aromas of red and black fruits and grilled cocoa. Serve it at 15°C with seared duck breast, a medium-hot dish with chillies or Spanish Manchego. For Asia, food try a chicken curry little bit spicy.