2013 Massamier la Mignarde, Cuvée des Oliviers Red, Coteaux des Peyriac

2013 Massamier la Mignarde, Cuvée des Oliviers Red, Coteaux des Peyriac

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2013 Massamier la Mignarde, Cuvée des Oliviers Red, Coteaux des Peyriac

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The likeable Franz Venes continues his winning streak with the potentially trickier 2013 vintage, although it was, to be fair, lees tricky in the Languedoc than in certain parts of France. A well-judged a blend of 30% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 30% Carignan, 20% Cinsault, 10% Syrah and 10% Grenache, the wine’s evocative aromas of garrigue, licorice and ripe blueberry recall the beautiful Minervois landscape, its nicely balanced mid-palate, with dark fruit, spice and herbs all serving to underline the inherent complexity of such a multi-faceted blend with great dexterity and attention to detail. There is a lot going on here for a relatively modest price-tag.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer

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VDP des Coteaux de Peyriac

VDP des Coteaux de Peyriac

VDP des Côteaux de Peyriac is a well-known zonal designation in the East of the Aude department, located around the fine old city of Narbonne and producing some interesting and well-made wines.

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Syrah/Shiraz

Syrah/Shiraz

A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries.

It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness.

South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.

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