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The Mondeuse Grape


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About Mondeuse

(Synonyms: Gros Rouge, Grosse Syrah, Maldoux, Persagne, Petite Persaigne, Plant Maldoux, Savoyan.)

Background

Map showing the Dauphiné region of France.

Mondeuse is a red-wine grape originating in the Dauphiné, a French region (formerly a province) in the east. Though the grape’s formal full name is “Mondeuse Noire” (sometimes rendered “Mondeuse Noir”, no e), it is usually just called Mondeuse. (There is a Mondeuse Blanche grape, but it is quite minor: 12 acres in the world as of 1999.)

Mondeuse wines are deeply colored, aromatic (dark-red fruit), tannic, acidic, and with a full and distinctive palate. The best specimens also finish with a (desirable) bitter-ish cherry tang reminescent of many Italian red wines; indeed it was once thought that Mondeuse was a Refosco; but modern DNA analysis showed that that was not so. The wines typically age well.

Factoid: DNA analyses show that Mondeuse is related to Syrah, either as a half-sibling or grandparent.

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Some Descriptions of Mondeuse Wines

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Some Mondeuses to Try

(About this list.)

Because Mondeuse is not well known in the U.S., its market availability is sadly sparse. We could only find a very few within our price range, and even opening that up to look for a splurge wine garnered nothing available at more than perhaps one or two shops each. Sad, very sad. Anyway, here is what we gleaned.

Incidentally, we noticed that consumers typically rate these wines rather higher than the professional critics, though that is not always so. We also noticed, perusing CellarTracker, that opinions were more than ordinarily divided (and, regrettably, some of the most enthusiastic reviewers didn’t leave numeric scores). We feel that this variety is sufficiently distinctive that many who are not experienced consumers of it may be turned off by its varietal character—which others love. YMMV.


Eugene Carrel & Fils Jongieux Mondeuse
(88 points cumulative on CellarTracker)

• This wine’s Wine Searcher “Reviews” page.
• This wine’s CellarTracker review pages.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by Wine Searcher.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by 1000 Corks.



Charles Gonnet Chignin “Vieilles Vignes” Mondeuse
(88 points cumulative on CellarTracker)

• This wine’s Wine Searcher “Reviews” page.
• This wine’s CellarTracker review pages.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by Wine Searcher.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by 1000 Corks.



Maison Angelot Mondeuse
(86 points cumulative on CellarTracker)

• This wine’s Wine Searcher “Reviews” page.
• This wine’s CellarTracker review pages.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by Wine Searcher.
• Retail offers of this wine listed by 1000 Corks.

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For a Splurge

We could find no reasonably available Mondeuse wines better enough than those listed above as to justify a “splurge” price.

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