The Languedoc-Roussillon wine region has lagged behind the rest of France in meeting a broad base of quality wine standards and creating it’s own distinct identity over the last 50 years or so. That said, an upside to this is the prevalence of creativity in the region leading to a huge variety of wine styles……
Corbières is a fairly large region within the Languedoc-Roussillon that used to produce vast quantities of cheap table wine, but has been upping its game for a while and now produces big complex red wines at a decent value. It can still be a gamble due to the hot climate that far south but all…
A one off bottling for the Wine Society, blended together after a good harvest in 2014 left the producer with plenty of high quality wine left over. It has a deep ruby colour with Purple rim; intense inky aromas of bramble blackberry, blackcurrant and a lick of vanilla with a faint edge of brooding minerality…
I have a soft spot for wines from the south of France and although the quality of wines can vary wildly in a region like Minervois (compared to more well know regions like the Rhone), when they get it right they come the closest to bridging the gap between old world wines and new. This…