Mas Champart’s Pays d’Oc white (previously called Monts de la Grage) is a fascinating blend of ancestral Languedoc varieties, Terret (80 percent) and Grenache Gris (20 percent), the former from 110-year-old vines, its meagre progeny picked late and then vinified in large wooden vats.
The wine is appropriately different, with hints of salinity underscoring a mid-palate profile, which is dominated by grapefruit, quince and poached pear. Notes of honey and spice are also evidenced and the finish is powerful; an unusual but most impressive example. Exactly the kind of wine, all too seldom unearthed, which shows off the rich diversity of the heritage of the Languedoc.

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Lighter weight and leaner than prior vintages, the 2012 Cotes du Roussillon la Muntada has more tannic grip and structure than the Vieilles Vignes, yet a similar level of concentration and depth. Showing nice tart black cherries, new leather, dusty soil and that classic resinous/distilled herb-character that I always find in this wine, it's medium-bodied, has juicy, yet integrated acidity, good tannin and a solid finish. It's a fair step back from a top vintage here, but this pretty, perfumed and classy wine will drink nicely for over a decade.
Jeb Dunnuck - 30/04/2015

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A wine of tremendous concentration, the 2012 is an uncompromising but not unapproachable expression of Domaine Gauby’s terroir. Minerality is the key, attributable to a band of schist that sweeps in a quarter-circle from Languedoc to Priorat. Vine roots here can reach a depth of six metres, tapping into rich nutrients and accessing water throughout the year - essential in 2012, when Roussillon was struck by drought.
La Roque is long on the palate and longer still in the memory: black pepper, no shortage of ripe black fruit and that marvellous, unswerving minerality.
Will Heslop - Buying Department

All wines are unique but some are more unique than others. Domaine Gauby’s La Roque Blanc has few peers among the white wines of Roussillon or anywhere else. Whole bunches of Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains and Muscat of Alexandria macerate for between ten and twenty days – an eternity in the context of white winemaking. Fermentation relies exclusively on indigenous yeasts.
The result is an astonishing array of aromas, including honeysuckle, orange blossom and fresh lemons; honed to a long, precise finish.
Will Heslop - Buying Department

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A blend of Syrah and Carignan, black olive, pepper and bramble fruits play on the nose. Spice and garrigue add complexity on the palate. The firm, fine-grained tannins are well integrated, with juicy fruit density and a mineral backbone. Delicious.

‘Old vines’ is a somewhat nebulous term, but the Carignan vines that provide 35% of this blend are unequivocally long in the tooth – planted up to 125 years ago. The remainder of the blend is Grenache (a mere 55 years-old), Mourvèdre and Syrah, which have been cultivated bio-dynamically since 2001. Like all the domain’s wines, Vieilles Vignes Rouge is bottled un-fined and unfiltered in order to capture as much as possible of its exceptional provenance.
The 2012 is redolent of the hillsides of Roussillon: aromas of garrigue and fresh black fruit. Black fruit dominates the palate, supported by firm tannins. The finish is long and confident.
Will Heslop - Buying Department

As recently as 1973 there were no vines at Domaine de Trevallon, a startling thought given the world renown this estate has deservedly garnered. Of the 17 hectares currently under vine, only two are dedicated to the cultivation of white grapes, 45% Marsanne, 45% Roussanne and 10% Chardonnay.

The soil on the slopes of the Alpilles (25km south of Avignon) is composed of limestone and boasts sharp, jagged crests. These geological features when combined with the olive groves and almond trees, give the region an air of rural Greece, a charm which has certainly bewitched Eloi Durbach, as it did the Provencal poet Frédéric Mistral before him.

The nose is currently somewhat in the shadow of the oak in which it has been aged, however a bit of persistence reveals sweet tropical fruit, star anise and elderflower. The palate is smooth and rounded with a pleasing level of butter; however there is a linear acidity which keeps the wine fresh. This wine has a great sense of place and purpose.
Nicholas Stewart, Buying Department