Vieilles Vignes
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years from the vintage, though top appellation old-vine cuvées can easily cellar for 20 years or more.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb with rosemary, slow-braised beef cheeks, wild game stew
✨ Technical Specifications
Tardieu-Laurent's Vieilles Vignes designation represents the very core of this acclaimed micro-negoce's winemaking philosophy. Founded on the belief that ancient root systems yield the most profound expressions of terroir, Michel and Bastien Tardieu seek out parcels of extreme age, often ranging from 50 to over a century old, across the Rhône Valley's most prestigious terroirs. These ancient, low-yielding vines naturally produce small, highly concentrated berries packed with complex phenolics, deep minerality, and balanced acidity. In the cellar, Tardieu-Laurent honors this raw material through gentle extraction and a sophisticated aging regimen, utilizing custom-crafted oak barrels to polish the intense structural elements of the old-vine fruit without overshadowing its natural character. The resulting red wines are celebrated for their remarkable depth, velvety texture, and evocative sense of place, capturing the rugged beauty and sun-drenched history of the region.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1994 by Michel Tardieu and Dominique Laurent, Maison Tardieu-Laurent is a prestigious micro-négociant based in the picturesque village of Lourmarin within the Luberon region of southern France. Today managed by Michel Tardieu alongside his son Bastien, the house operates as an exceptional 'négociant-éleveur', selecting pristine fruit and young wines exclusively from very old vines across top crus of the Rhône Valley. Renowned for their uncompromising dedication to terroir and traditional élevage, they mature their wines patiently in custom-crafted French oak barrels without fining or filtration. Tardieu-Laurent is celebrated worldwide for its richly concentrated, structured, and age-worthy red and white expressions spanning appellations such as Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Hermitage, Cornas, and their renowned Les Becs Fins Côtes du Rhône.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre