2002 Le Cigare Volant

$51.00 per bottle / $550.80 per case
$43.35 per bottle / $489.60 per case (Members)

Library Release

High percentages of mourvèdre and syrah endow this vintage with an evocative smoky, meaty, peppery core. A Cigare dominated by grenache—the traditional varietal and moral center in Châteauneuf-du-Pape—is a wholly different animal from one dominated by mourvèdre or syrah, and that is certainly the case here. Only in 1993, 1995 and 1999 had grenache contributed a similarly small percentage of the blend and these wines are indeed rogues of a sort—more broad and powerful than most of the garnachistas, and certainly age-worthy.

Varietal blend: 46% mourvèdre, 24% grenache, 24% syrah, and 6% cinsault
Alcohol by volume: 13.5%