Awards, Ratings & Reviews
Wine Spectator
94/100
2022 Vintage · Tasted: Dec 2024
Alexandre MA
93/100
2022 Vintage · Tasted: Jan 2025
James Suckling
2022 Vintage · Tasted: Apr 2024
“Deep nose of elderberries, wild blackberries, allspice and orange peel. Very powerful thanks to the abundant healthy tannins that feel finer the farther back the wine flows over your palate. Full-bodied, but with an excellent freshness, the tannins building to an imposing crescendo at the plush finish. Mainly from the Cote Brune section of this appellation. A pure syrah matured exclusively in Burgundian oak barrels, of which almost a third were new. Best from 2027.”
Jancis Robinson
16/20
2022 Vintage · Tasted: Sep 2023
When to drink: 2026–2035
About This Wine
This cuvée is a blend of grapes from the Côte Brune and Côte Blonde. Average Delas production is 15,000 to 20,000 bottles (75 cl) per year. Grape variety: 100% Syrah.
The grapes for the “Seigneur de Maugiron” cuvée are harvested by hand, plot by plot, at optimal ripeness. Vinification is carried out traditionally in open concrete vats after two days of cold pre-fermentation maceration. Fermentation continues at a controlled temperature of 28 to 30°C, with daily punching down and pumping over for about ten days. Total maceration time can reach 20 days.
The wine is aged for 14 to 16 months, half in new barrels and half in one-year-old barrels, with regular racking.
Tasting Notes
Visually, the wine is a very dark purple. On the nose, the Côte-Rôtie “Seigneur de Maugiron,” powerful yet elegant, is marked by aromas of blackcurrant, redcurrant, and licorice, underpinned by a light oak influence. This wine, with its firm tannic structure, displays a beautiful balance and a silky texture. It combines impressive concentration with great finesse.
About the Winery
Delas Frères is an estate based in the northern Rhône Valley, particularly known for its Syrah-based wines from the Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie and Crozes-Hermitage appellations.
The Delas family have been involved in wine production in the Rhône Valley since 1835, taking the current name in 1924. In 1977, the company joined forces with Champagne Deutz, and in 1993 both were acquired by the Rouzaud family, owners of Louis Roederer.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2022
- Grape Variety: 100% Syrah
- Region: Côte-Rôtie / Rhône / France
- Fermentation: Open concrete vats after cold pre-fermentation maceration
- Maturation: 14–16 months in oak barrels (50% new, 50% one-year-old)
- Production Attributes: Hand harvested; plot-by-plot vinification
- Vineyard / Geo info: Côte Brune and Côte Blonde; terraces of schist, gneiss and granite across Saint-Cyr-sur-Rhône, Ampuis and Tupin-et-Semons
- Sweetness: Dry
- Closure: Cork
- Drinking Window: 2024–2035
