Domaine Saint Sylvestre Terrasses du Larzac red 2020

Domaine Saint Sylvestre red 2020

Name: Domaine Saint Sylvestre red 2020
Brand: SAINT SYLVESTRE
SKU: 202917
Price: 198 EUR
Availability: InStock

A GSM (Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre) of exemplary finesse from Languedoc, produced by a domaine recently founded by Sophie and Vincent Guizard, the former partner of F. Pourtalié at Montcalmès. The Guizards have not claimed the AOP Terrasse du Larzac since 2016, and now display the simple AOP Languedoc on their labels. This matters little to us: the vines have not changed, and the wines are becoming more and more delightful over time. It is the talent of the winemakers that interests us, and its terroir. Not what is written on the label :-) Best forgotten in the cellar for as long as possible... but it is already so good young, it will be hard to wait!

€198.00

€33.00 / bouteille

6 bottles (cardbox)

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Domaine Saint Sylvestre red 2020:

La Revue du Vin de France (July 2023): Barbecue ribeye is a summer classic. But to fully enjoy this great grilling staple, you need to find the right pairing. So which wine should you pair with this prestigious cut of beef? To answer this question, La RVF sought the help of Jonathan Pral, sommelier at the restaurant Christophe Bacquié (three stars in the Michelin Guide) and the bistro San Felice, where meat grills are regularly offered. He suggests pairing different wines with a recipe for ribeye with thyme butter cooked on the barbecue.What red wines with ribeye?

"Focus on dense and intense reds in texture. Beef requires flavorful and tasty materials, like structured southern wines. Look towards the Languedoc region, with the famous domaine Saint Sylvestre for finesse and elegance, or towards Provence with Bandol wines that evoke the garrigue and spice."

Manuel Peyrondet (Best Sommelier of France 2008, Best Craftsman of France 2011): "Their cuvée Saint Sylvestre is a success every year, as evidenced by the recent harvests of 2020, 2021, and 2022. I was able to re-taste their entire range at the dawn of the Christmas festivities in 2024 and did a vertical tasting over 10 years of the wines during a dinner at the Bristol. All my fellow palace and starred sommeliers were, like me, completely in awe of the journey and the wines that, beyond being excellent young, age with panache."

Technical sheet written by the domaine:

Terroir: 90% Rolled pebbles, 10% Limestone

Yields: 20hl/ha

Grapes: 70% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre

In the vineyards: manual pruning, leaf thinning, manual bud removal, manual green harvesting.

Harvest: Manual by grape variety and plot

Vinification: destemming, fermentation in stainless steel tanks with indigenous grape yeasts, by grape varieties and plots, manual punch downs, long macerations of 35 days.

Aging: in Burgundy barrels of 1 wine and more, by grape variety and plot, for 24 months.

Blending: 1 month before bottling (depending on the moon), wine neither fined nor filtered.