Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre is an international grape variety grown throughout the world. It produces dark, concentrated red wines and flavorful rosé. The wines typically possess solid tannic structures. It is one of the major varieties used in Southern Rhône-style blends, most notably in some Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It is also grown in Australia, Spain (where it is called Monastrell), California and Washington. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated Mourvèdre among our extensive Mourvèdre wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our Mourvèdre reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from Mourvèdre, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.
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Bodegas Gutiérrez de la Vega 1999 Casta Diva Fondillón Sweet Monastrell (Alicante)
- Editors' Choice
- $88
Fondillón represents the pinnacle of red Spanish dessert wines, and the 1999 vintage just might make your jaw drop. Subtle but expansive on the nose, with a blend of baked dark-fruit and cinnamon aromas, it is liquid heaven in the mouth, with excellent balance and flavors of roasted plums, black cherry, nutmeg and chocolate. This is pure, structured and outstanding…
— M.S.
(10/1/2012)
La Clarine Farm 2011 Cedarville Mourvèdre
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- $24
Light in color, alcohol and texture, this dynamic wine has a fresh pepper flavor, and is gorgeous all around, like drinking fresh rose petals. This could be enjoyed all day long, every day, but with only 51 cases produced, get it now or you’ll miss out on it.
— V.B.
(2/1/2013)
Torbreck 2005 The Pict Mataro (Barossa Valley)
- $145
From an 85-year-old Mourvèdre vineyard in the Moppa subregion. The two years spent in new French oak is noticeable at this young stage, it should merge seamlessly with the dark fruit given a few years’ time. Toast and cedar frame cola and earth, while the wine finishes with dark Asian spices. Unusually lush and rounded for the variety; drink 2008–2020.
— J.C.
(11/1/2007)
Mark Ryan 2008 Crazy Mary Mourvèdre (Red Mountain)
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- $45
This meaty, gamy wine is 84% Mourvèdre, and marries its earthy flavors to the ripe black fruit of the Syrah. The two mix well, but could use a bit more bottle time to fully integrate. Blood, meat, cassis, and smoke mingle, and some heat slips in at the end, along with rich coffee grounds and dark chocolate. Big, flavorful, lingering.
— P.G.
(9/1/2011)
Rasa Vineyards 2009 Vox Populi Mourvèdre (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $45
A rare 100% varietal Mourvèdre. The tannins are superb, almost silky, almost impossible to achieve with this rough and tumble grape. Dark, smoky, earthy and still refined, this seduces with clean, wild blueberry fruit, just hinting at a mountain berry sweetness.
— P.G.
(9/1/2011)
La Clarine Farm 2010 Cedarville Mourvèdre
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- $22
Wow. An incredible (and affordable) example of what Mourvèdre can be in certain nooks and crannies of the Sierra Foothills and in certain hands. Here winemaker and owner Hank Beckmeyer has made a silk mountai wine out of a tough vintage, taking organically farmed Mourvèdre from the folks over at Cedarville (who have their own label too) and made a gorgeous, pure…
— V.B.
(3/1/2012)
Mark Ryan 2009 Crazy Mary Mourvèdre (Red Mountain)
- Editors' Choice
- $48
You’d have to be crazy not to love this Mourvèdre for its distinctive, intriguing take on this Southern Rhône grape. Mineral, flint, plum and spice notes surface in abundance—all in perfect balance.
— P.G.
(11/1/2012)
La Clarine Farm 2011 Suma Kaw Mourvèdre
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- $24
There’s magic up in Hank Beckmeyer’s hills. The Suma Kaw Vineyard in the Sierra Foothills is a prized source for Rhône varieties, where the Mourvèdre typically gets blended in with Syrah, but not here, where it is given room to exude fresh, bright, earthy tones amid an intensity of raspberry, strawberry and just-ripe cherry. A hint of leather surfaces on the finish.
— V.B.
(2/1/2013)
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