The red fruits are present with notes of garrigue. The palate offers a nice balance, with a certain freshness. The woodiness is melted until the tannins arrive on ...
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Marlene Soria remains a separate case. If she has no imitators, no epigones, her singularity even opened minds, and strengthened vocations.
There is something heroic in the company initiated on the heights of Saint-Pargoire, in the wines, down from the current modes. Seeking to imitate Marlene's style would be presumptuous.
Among the three red cuvées produced today, Clos des Cistes appears to be the most regular and often the finest.
The red fruits are present with notes of garrigue. The palate offers a nice balance, with a certain freshness. The woodiness is melted until the tannins arrive on ...
It is perhaps the finest tannin of the three vintages in the vintage, without the graphite power of Syrah-Léone, without the strength of taste of Clos des Cistes b...
Depth and evolution in the glass are remarkable. The palate is straight, powerful, dry and impressively mineral. A great wine for ageing with impressive length.
This cuvée is made from syrah (and a touch of grenache), this bottle is the marvel of the domain. A most complex wine, a syrah with intoxicating notes... A jewel o...
It is in the heart of the garrigue, west of Montpellier, that Marlène Soria has been writing, for more than forty years, one of the most inspiring wine stories in the region.
After a career in real estate, the neo-vigneronne moved to Saint-Pargoire in 1980, moving closer to the plant and away from the world. Indefatigable clearing, it will quickly plant vineyards around its property.
Some 17 hectares of vineyards are rooted in three years. The property now totals 24. Extremely respectful viticulture is required immediately.
This 25-hectare estate consists of 23 hectares of red (Syrah at 70% then Black Grenache, Mourvèdre and Carignan) and 2 hectares of white (Roule 50%, Roussane 40%, and various grape varieties including Viognier).
At Marlene Soria, patience is necessary, with very long, poorly marked farms, to let the skate of time do its work.
The reds have energy, tension, and a lot of structure that takes time to calm down their juvenile fervour. They express a formidable paradox, between aromatic perfumed and delicate and muscle abundance.
As for the white, Oro, the golden door of the estate, its mouth touch refines every year, as well as renewed touch and aromatic emotions. A small rarity, both by its profile and by the very small volumes produced.