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Les Vignes Oubliees
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There are over 200 different grape varieties used in modern wine making (from a total of over 1000). Most lesser known blends and varieties are traditional to specific parts of the world.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
At altitude, under crystal clear skies, cool air descending from the Larzac Plateau meets the warming influence of the Med – the resulting diurnal range of up to 20°C might be expected in Mendoza, but is remarkable just 40km from Montpellier. Such a propitious climate, as well as a bounty of soil types (and access to grape varieties to suit each one) and a wine industry not beholden to tradition make this one of France’s most exciting new AOCs.
Les Vignes Oubliées is a blend of Grenache, Syrah, Carignan and a miniscule amount of Cinsault. Aromas of kirsh, liquorice, tapenade and blackcurrants lead, irresistibly, to a concentrated, well-structured palate, with firm tannins and red and black fruit flavours at its core. There’s a lick of black pepper on the finish. Unmistakeably Mediterranean, but with a refreshing acidity that points northward to the mountains.
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