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Delicate Malbec from Cahors - The wines of Château du Cèdre tasted by Falstaff (Austria)

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“Falstaff has blind-tasted some hundred wines in Cahors” (Comments from Peter Moser)

2007 Château du Cèdre - Le Cèdre
« […] Intense smell of spicy wood, vanilla, black fruit, balsamico and a little tobacco. Juicy, mellow, fine tannins, a backbone of fresh acidity, as well as honey and chocolate for the (long) final. Well-balanced and already accessible, with good ageing potential. »
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Surprising Rosé - The cuvee Méridienne from Domaine de l’Arjolle

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It’s a real challenge for us to make this rosé. In the vineyards as well as in the cellar, year after year. In the Méridienne, three grape varieties are blended, all of them from great rosé-regions: Grenache from the Mediterranean, Syrah from the Rhone and Cabernet franc from the Loire. But the real challenge of this wine, is to ferment and ripen it in oak barrels. It’s not a simple matter to match high acidity desired for a rosé wine, with the body and structure necessary to make a wine in oak barrels.
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The Scent of Black - video by GrapeRadio

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Originally a common grape in Bordeaux, Malbec has lost popularity as one of the five varieties in the Bordeaux blends. Meanwhile, Malbec increased its status in the French region of Cahors, an area southeast of Bordeaux, where it creates distinctive wines that now require 70% of the variety. — Lire la suite.
Mourvèdre comes from Mars, Syrah from Venus – the “buddy” grape varieties at Domaine Santa Duc

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Yes it’s true: In Gigondas the Grenache dares to overshadow Syrah and Mourvèdre. But even if it seems to rule out all in the Rhone Valley, it also appreciates good company. That’s why Mourvèdre, and to a lesser extend Syrah, occupy an important place in our vineyards, for different reasons.

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Tasting of Château du Cèdre Cuvée Le Cèdre 2009

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You can’t but taste this pure Malbec in silence. Its bouquet opens up little by little, as if the wine fears to overcharge our nose. Scents of smoke on the horizon, slowly covered by sour cherry and increasing flavours of blueberries, cassis and black olives. Oak wood integrates well, adding hints of hazelnut and cocoa, before the vegetable kingdom takes over with mint and violet…
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Pink is without a doubt the most beautiful colour of summer – Pierre Cros Tradition Minervois

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Rosé wine is the winner of the past decade. We are drinking more and more of it, waiting almost as much for it as we are waiting for summer. We love it! Becoming popular has also had the impact to improved its quality, as the days of the cheap’n harsh Château Migraine seem to be far away. In fact, rosé is now considered as being a real wine and not anymore as some kind of hybrid looking for its personality somewhere between red and white wine.
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Habemus Papam at Domaine Santa Duc

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Habemus Papam – we have a pope – that’s what we can claim now at Domaine Santa Duc, only few days after the bottling of our first wine grown in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. We purchased our 40 year-old vineyard on the sandy soils in the north-eastern part of the appellation in 2009. Picked for the first time in 2010, a remarkable vintage in the Rhone Valley, partly destemmed grapes were fermented by natural yeast, before the wine took a 14 months rest in the wooden tanks of our cellars.
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Spring time at Domaine Pierre Cros in the Minervois

Spring time with Pierre Cros

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Open house at Domaine Pierre Cros in the Minervois in Mai this year. Cantal cheese, Truffade (a local dish made of mashed potatoes and cheese), Nebbiolo, Carignan and Syrah... Pictures from a good moment, with nice people, excellent food and lovely wines! — Lire la suite.

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