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Languedoc

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    15 Vin de Pays des Côteaux de Peyriac 2009
    Domaine Massamier la Mignarde

    Grape:30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Carignan, 20% Cinsault, 10% Grenache, 10% Syrah (13.5% alc.)

    By far the best of 50 Languedoc reds that we tasted for the house red slot. A very natural wine with good fruit and character.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £5.83

     
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    *New* 16 Vin de Pays des Côteaux de Bessilles Rouge 2008
    Domaine de Campaucels

    Grape:60% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Syrah, 10% Merlot (12.5% alc.)

    Campaucels work really hard on vineyard management to produce wines with both local character and elegance. This wine offers supple red fruits, with garrigue and spice aromas and lower alcohol than most Languedoc reds.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £6.60

     
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    *New* 17 Vin de Pays des Côteaux de Bessilles Blanc 2009
    Domaine de Campaucels

    Grape:60% Chardonnay, 35% Sauvignon, 5% Muscat à Petits Grains (12.5% alc.)

    An interesting blend, Campaucels have again succeeded in producing a wine with balance and freshness. The wine offers delicate aromas of white flowers with a hint of liquorice on the finish.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £6.60

     
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    18 Viognier Vin de Pays d’Oc 2009
    Domaine Rougié

    Grape:100% Viognier (13.5% alc.)

    Very low yields (30 hectos per hectare) provide the base for this quality oak-aged viognier with a characteristic apricoty, peachy stamp. For drinking now to 2011.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £7.91

     
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    19 Minervois AC 2007
    Château de Rieux

    Grape:90% Syrah, 10% Grenache (14% alc.)

    This syrah dominant Minervois has lush, concentrated blackberry fruit, a touch of oak and silky tannins. For drinking now to 2011

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £9.74

     
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    20 Minervois AC 2007 La Nine
    Domaine Jean-Baptiste Senat

    Grape:50% Grenache, 30% Carignan, 10% Cinsault, 10% Mourvèdre (13% alc.)

    Jean-Baptiste Senat’s wine has a delectable kernel of old vine fruit and hints of Mediterranean herbs and spice. Cuve aged only it retains both a freshness and purity that are very rare in Languedoc. For drinking now to 2012.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £10.20

     
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    21 Cabardès AC 2004/2005 Vent d’Est
    Domaine de Cabrol

    Grape:60% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon (13.5% alc.)

    Given a two year elevage in cuve, this wine has an attractive plum colour, lovely rich, complex texture on the palate, with notes of black cherry, spice, olives and herbs with savoury, fine grained tannins on the finish. For drinking now to 2011.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £10.94

     
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    22 Carignan Vin de Pays d’Oc 2006/2008
    Domaine des Terres Falmet

    Grape:100% Carignan (14% alc.)

    Yves Falmet’s wines have attractive, unforced fruit with excellent texture and mouthfeel. This low yield, hand-harvested carignan comes from the same north-facing vineyard as his St Chinian and has been cuve aged to retain all its spicy, black, liquoricey fruit. For drinking now to 2011.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £7.02

     
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    23 St Chinian AC 2006 L’Ivresse des Cimes
    Domaine des Terres Falmet

    Grape:40% Mourvèdre, 30% Syrah, 30% Grenache (13.5% alc.)

    From a steep hillside vineyard in the Montagne Noire, this comes from 40 year old vines, and is minerally, spicy and tobaccoey. In our view St Chinian is the finest appellation of Languedoc, and this is a really good example. For drinking now to 2011.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £8.00

     
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    *New* 24 St Chinian Rosé AC 2008/2009
    Mas de Cynanque

    Grape:50% Cinsault, 20% Syrah, 15% Grenache, 15% Carignan, (13% alc.)

    Yields are limited here from an excellent terroir of limestone-clay and sandstone. A delicate salmon pink colour, this rosé offers fresh red fruit flavours with a mineral complexity.

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    25 Corbières Rosé AC 2008/2009
    Château les Auzines

    Grape:85% Grenache Gris, 10% Cinsault, 5% Syrah (13.5% alc.)

    Classic onion skin colour, good clean fruit, length on the palate and a notable goût de terroir, mark this rosé as rather special.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £7.23

     
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    26 Corbières Blanc AC 2007/2008 Fleurs Blanches
    Château les Auzines

    Grape:95% Grenache Gris, 5% Grenache Blanc (14% alc.)

    Very low yields from hand-harvested, organically tended vines produce this rich, yet balanced white (a rarity in Southern France). Oak fermented in a meticulous, temperature controlled cellar, it has a refreshing finish conveyed by a limestoneclay soil.

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    qty (bottles) exc vat: £8.81