Eric Bouletin |
Country of Origin: France
Location: Vacqueyras
People: Eric Bouletin, Owner & Winemaker
Eric Bouletin's father died when he was 15, and one year later he left school to help his mother at the domaine. He sold the grapes from the domaine, which has owned the parcel of "Les Restanques de Cabassole" since 1723, to the co-op until 2000 when he began to make his own wine. Eric produces around 1,100 cases of wine annually from 3ha of old vine (some planted in 1915) Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre with yields of about 30hl/ha. The Wine Advocate rated the 2004, 92pts and the 2005, 91-93pts declaring it "a candidate for Vacqueyras of the vintage." Since 2007 he has been making Cotes du Rhone (declassed into VDP) as well. In 2012, he released an entry level Vacqueyras, "La Grande Terre" more approachable in its youth than the Restanques. Very elegant wines, almost more Burgundian than Rhodanien.
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