Languedoc
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15 Vin de Pays des Côteaux de Peyriac 2009
Domaine Massamier la MignardeGrape: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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*New* 16 Vin de Pays des Côteaux de Bessilles Rouge 2008
Domaine de CampaucelsGrape: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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*New* 17 Vin de Pays des Côteaux de Bessilles Blanc 2009
Domaine de CampaucelsGrape: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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18 Viognier Vin de Pays d’Oc 2009
Domaine RougiéGrape: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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19 Minervois AC 2007
Château de RieuxGrape: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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20 Minervois AC 2007 La Nine
Domaine Jean-Baptiste SenatGrape: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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21 Cabardès AC 2004/2005 Vent d’Est
Domaine de CabrolGrape: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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22 Carignan Vin de Pays d’Oc 2006/2008
Domaine des Terres FalmetGrape: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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23 St Chinian AC 2006 L’Ivresse des Cimes
Domaine des Terres FalmetGrape: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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*New* 24 St Chinian Rosé AC 2008/2009
Mas de CynanqueGrape: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 AuzinesGrape: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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26 Corbières Blanc AC 2007/2008 Fleurs Blanches
Château les AuzinesGrape: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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