Domaine de la Mordorée Reine des Bois Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2019 MG

Domaine de la Mordorée Reine des Bois Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2019 MG is a Grenache-led Rhône red with black fruit, violet, lavender and serious cellar depth. The magnum format suits a wine built with such dense fruit and long oak ageing. This is the estate’s Reine des Bois bottling, the label that carries Domaine de la Mordorée’s deepest Châteauneuf voice.

About the Wine
The 2019 Domaine de la Mordorée Reine des Bois Châteauneuf-du-Pape comes from organically farmed vines in the southern Rhône. The blend centres on Grenache, with Mourvèdre, Syrah and Vaccarèse adding darker spice and firmer edges. The vineyard material is rooted in galets roulés, sand and clay-limestone. That mix gives this Reine des Bois its hot-stone feel, its dark berry weight and its faint herbal lift. In magnum, the 2019 feels especially well placed for slow development across the next two decades. After fermentation, the wine spent 18 to 20 months in French oak. The élevage uses a mix of new and older barrels. In this cuvée, the oak speaks through mocha, vanilla and polished spice. The 15% alcohol sits inside a broad frame of blackberry and cassis. The dry finish keeps a firm mineral line that feels tied to the rolled stones and clay-limestone soils. The 1500 ml bottle underlines the wine’s slow-moving shape in the cellar.

Tasting Notes
Black currant leads the nose, followed by blackberry, graphite and a crushed-stone note that feels distinctly Reine des Bois in its density and dark polish after a short decant. Violet and lavender sit above the fruit, giving the 2019 a dark floral line that keeps returning as ripe cherry and licorice build in the glass. On the palate it is full-bodied and dry, with chocolate and mocha wrapped around a cassis core, and the 15% alcohol gives real warmth through the middle. The 18 to 20 months in French oak show through vanilla and polished spice, then the finish turns velvety with a cool herbal echo and stony Châteauneuf grip through the last sip. Drink 2025-2045.

Food Pairing
Pour this 2019 Reine des Bois magnum with côte de boeuf, rosemary lamb shoulder or venison loin, as the wine has the tannin and fruit for charred meat. For a southern Rhône table, choose daube provençale with black olives and orange peel, which picks up the wine’s lavender note and dark cassis. Wild boar ragù over pappardelle also makes sense for the blackberry and graphite side of the wine, especially after a two-hour decant. Aged Comté, Tomme de Savoie or a firm goat cheese can take the mocha and vanilla from the oak in a savoury direction. Serve it in large glasses with food that has browned edges, slow-cooked juices and herbs such as thyme or rosemary.

Producer
Domaine de la Mordorée takes its name from la mordorée, the woodcock that appears on the label, and that bird gives the estate one of the most recognisable identities among southern Rhône shelves filled with papal crests and embossed glass. The domaine was founded in 1986 by Francis Delorme and his son Christophe, then became closely associated with ambitious organic farming across Tavel, Lirac and Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards including the parcels behind Reine des Bois. That Tavel base matters for this producer, as its reds carry Grenache richness from a house that also understands the grape through deep-coloured rosé and the sturdier wines of Lirac. Reine des Bois is the name many drinkers link most strongly with Mordorée’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and the 2019 magnum shows the cuvée’s habit of carrying concentration in a glossy frame with dark floral detail. The estate’s labels feel serious before the cork is pulled, and the wines follow through with tangible details such as black fruit, warm stones and sweet Provençal herbs. In this 1500 ml bottle, Domaine de la Mordorée’s family direction reads as cassis, lavender and oak spice set into a slow-maturing Châteauneuf-du-Pape shape.

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