This is the ‘summit”, says the author, “not only because of the image of the name, but also because of real and very consistent quality”. Patrick Dessert Gerber’s classification Premiers Grands Vins Classés also acknowledges a particular savoir faire, and an “undeniable price-quality ratio”. His precise and pertinent tasting notes on seven wines of the […]
La Trilogie 2015 came out top of the white wines tasted by Richard Hemming MW of Jancis Robinson’s tasting team. There is “lots going on here” he said, “genuinely interesting and complex” A single barrel of Chardonnay made according to the Burgundian protocol and bottled under the name Facsimile, was also included in Richard Hemming’s […]
“I can testify to the fact that the Southern French wines stood up very well to their global counterparts” said Tamlyn Currin, Jancis Robinson’s taster for an epic excursion into hundreds still and sparkling rose wines from Languedoc and Roussillon, all tasted blind. “There is a lot of potential for good sparkling wines from cooler, […]
(Click here for easier reading of the article) Master of Wine Rosemary George, acknowledged specialist on Languedoc wines, and author of a recently published and thoroughly updated book about the Wines of the Languedoc, took a “snapshot of the wonderful diversity and originality” of this region for Decanter Magazine. Heading Decanter’s list of her Top 30 Languedoc Whites is […]
Occitania, made from the local mauzac grape, which is picked by hand and fermented and aged in French oak barrels, was selected by Hamish Anderson in today’s Daily Telegraph Magazine in Britain. “A brilliant, rewarding wine” he called it, in an article advising what kinds of fish to pair with which wines. […]