The 2007 Laborde Double Select is a 100% Syrah cuvee sourced from the
45-year-old Laborde Vineyard. It was aged for 12 months in 50% new
French oak and bottled without fining or filtration. Purple in color,
it has a superb perfume of wood smoke, toasty blueberries, spice box,
and earth notes. Hermitage-like, it is elegantly-styled, layered, and
ripe. There is enough structure for another 2-3 years of bottle age and
it should be at its best from 2011 to 2020.
Luca is the personal project of Laura Catena, M.D., daughter of Nicolas Catena, the founder of Catena-Zapata.
