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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.5 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Henman on 11/17/2011 & rated 88 points: Pleasant nose showing red fruit and hints of liquorice. Medium bodied, juicy, vibrant and smooth in the mouth, delivering red berries, mainly lingonberry and some raspberry.Low tannins but rather decent acidity to give it a little structure.Found more of the grenache in the smell while the palate was more like pinot.Nice stuff with good QPR. (3900 views) | | | Tasted by forceberry on 10/23/2011 & rated 87 points: This is a special blend made by Gérard Bertrand specifically for Finnish market. It is an IGP Languedoc red made with 75% Pinot Noir, blended with 25% Grenache.
The color is rather translucent red. On the nose the wine is rather big and fresh with lots of red berries bringing Pinot Noir to the fore. Some sweet florals, liquorice and allspice in the background. On the palate the wine is light-to-mediumbodied, juicy and nicely acidic. Lots of tart lingonberry Pinosity, fresh raspberries and other red berries fronting the palate with very little Grenache in the mix. Overall the wine is Pinot-like with its fresh and quite light body, with Grenache bringing probably more flesh and alcohol to the whole. The wine does not, however, suffer from alcoholic heat. Very little tannic action, yet the acidity gives a good backbone to the wine. The wine finishes pretty long with tart red berries and toastiness.
Even though this rather lightbodied and fresh wine does not follow its big nose, it is a great - yet unconventional - red blend. Nice, simple and fresh red wine on its own, but due to its lively body, it can be easily paired with lots of less hearty foods. Excellent QPR at 10,89€. (3479 views) | | | Tasted by avp on 10/20/2011: Sweetish toffee nose with red liquorice, ripe strawberry and slightly lifting herbaceousness.
Medium bodied, smooth and balanced fruity palate of red and dark fruits. Plum, strawberries and some liquorice. Slight toast character towards the drier mid-length finish.
Perfectly quaffable easy stuff. Nothing of real interest. (3907 views) |
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comLanguedoc Roussillon Inter Sud de France | Vins Languedoc-Roussillon
Wine-Searcher.com: http://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-languedoc-roussillon
Financial Times Article (June 19th 2010 Andrew Jefford):http://bit.ly/bLDytg
Financial Times Article (June 5 2010 Jancis Robinson): http://bit.ly/8ZerX2
David Schildknecht (7th June 2010) Languedoc-Roussillon Best Producers:http://bit.ly/do0LQa Vin de Pays d'OcThere are three tiers of Vin de Pays: regional, departmental and local.
There are six regional Vin de Pays, which cover large areas of France. The most voluminous contributor to this category of wines is Vin de Pays d'Oc, from the Languedoc-Roussillon area in Mediterranean France.
Each regional Vin de Pays is divided into several departmental Vins de Pays, of which there are about 50. The names are derived from the French departments in question and the limits exactly the same than the department's borders. For example, Vin de Pays du Gard is one of the Vins de Pays produced within Vins de Pays d'Oc using grapes from the Gard department .
The local, or zone-defined Vin de pays are numerous, and may take its name from some historical or geographical phenomenon, such as Vin de Pays des Marches de Bretagne or Vin de Pays des Coteaux de l'Ardeche, or even a more locally specific variant.] The boundaries of a zone may reflect a consistent terroir, rather than an administrative convenience, and could potentially in the long run achieve the status of an AOC.
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