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The wines > Rasteau > DOMAINE MIKAEL BOUTIN > Rasteau Domaine Mikael Boutin MB red

60% Grenache (1950s-2000s), 10% Syrah (early 2000s), 10% Mourvèdre (early 2000s), 10% Carignan (1950s), 10% Cinsault (1970s), av age 40 years, from clay-limestone soils, hand harvested, destemmed, crushed, 15-21 day vinification, wild yeasts, twice daily pumping overs at start, concrete vat raised 8 months, then bottle raised 6 months, unfined, can be filtered, organic wine, 9-10,000 b

2015***

(fibre glass vat, 2005 Grenache) attractive purple-black robe. Cosy, open fruit and pepper on the nose. Good, direct fruit on the palate with snappy tannins. Has a good pure approach, good length. Sound and promising wine. 2024-25  May 2016

2014***

shiny, quite dark red colour. The nose is peppery, expressive, has good life in it, and attractive black cherry fruit, herbes de Provence. The palate runs directly with pepper/powder influences. This holds correct juice, has good cut, nice truth, is spare in parts. It drinks cleanly, is a toothsome wine, suited to grills. There is late glow here. It can soften the finish by mid-2017. “It has closed these last weeks,” Mikaël Boutin. 13.5°. 10,000 b. 60% Gren, 10% Syr, 10% Mourv, 10% Cins, 10% Cari. €5.45. 2021-22 May 2016

2013 ***(*)

plum red robe. Has a sparky, clear-cut air, right away; black pepper hovers over raspberry fruit that is nicely stylish on the inside, has mixed herbs also. It is becoming stylish overall. This is tight-knit wine, holds a quiet concentration of juice; it expresses herbs, and its place well, is STGT wine with a good and direct link to the terroir. It has integrity, is pure and expressive. Menthol and licorice show on the finish. From mid-2017. 13.5°. 2022-23 May 2016 Previously Apr 2015 **(*) medium depth red robe; smoky, red-fruited nose with a hint of herbes de Provence. The palate is loose, offers red fruit with an ignited, grainy style A bit on the light, hollow side. It struggles to convince. It is grainy on the finish, with a small, brief spot of richness. 13.5°. 9,000 b. €5.45 export. To 2018  Apr 2015