by Chris Santini Hard to imagine but true, Gaddafi once sent a team of Libyan messengers deep in the hills of the Languedoc to meet with a group of angry and exasperated vignerons. The year was 1973, and a century of boiling tensions between these growers and the omnipotent local négociants had culminated in gunfights […]
Posted on May 28, 2009, 11:00 am, by Clark, under
Bandol,
Château Lascaux,
Domaine de Terrebrune,
Domaine du Gros' Noré,
Domaine Tempier,
Languedoc,
Mas Champart,
Philippe Faury,
Red Wine,
Rosé,
Staff Tasting.
The other night we tasted through our first large shipment of 2008 rosés and some other recent arrivals. Here are the highlights… 40% Syrah, 30% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 10% Cinsault and man does that Syrah show in the 2008 Languedoc Rosé from Château Lascaux ($14.95). The Lascaux Rosé consistently has a peppery spice to it […]
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Bandol,
Faury,
Gros' Noré,
Languedoc,
Lascaux,
Mas Champart,
Red,
Rosé,
Staff Tasting,
Tempier,
Terrebrune,
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