The vineyard of Domaine des Cèdres de Robert (formerly Château de Robert), taken over in 2013 by Delphine Serres de la Roussière, is located at the western end of the Malepère appellation, it is located in its entirety on a 22-hectare gravelly terrace between the Pyrenees mountains and the Montagne noire, benefiting from oceanic and Mediterranean influences. Delphine is one of those young winegrowers for whom rigour, controlled yields, reasoned cultivation and tradition are the key words of success. With its 8 grape varieties, it offers red and rosé wines in PDO Malepère and IGC Pays d'Oc, some of which are distinguished as the Tradition Cuvée (PDO), a wine on the balanced fruit that evolves with more spicy notes after a period in the cellar (between 5 and 8 years), silver medal winner for the 2013 and 2015 vintages. Another success of the estate, the rosé wines, the clear and fresh Cuvée Sigillé 2015 (PDO), won gold among the Independent Winegrowers, a shower of awards, particularly at the 2019 general agricultural competition for all these wines. You can taste and shop on site in the new cellar and also enjoy Delphine's husband's fruit and vegetable production. Promising wines to follow closely.
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We were somewhat surprised when we looked closely at the wine we purchased. We thought we had been tasting 2021 vintage but what we were sold was 2017. These are fairly basic wines (Pinot Noir and Malpere) so I would not have many expectations of 5 year old (non oak-aged) wines. We opened one bottle to try and although taste is still ok there is a lot of sediment. We have bought other wine in the region this week at similar price which is 2021 so puzzled why we are getting ‘old’ wine where old is not necessarily good.