DOMAINE DE MONTCALMÈS

2010 Terrasses de Larzac

Grapes Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah
Colour Red
Origin France, Languedoc-Roussillon
Sub-district Coteaux du Languedoc
Village Terrasses de Larzac
ABV 14%

A blend of 65% Syrah, with Grenache and Mourvèdre making up the rest. It is from high on the Terrasses de Larzac, right under the Cévennnes, and the altitude tempers the heat in the day while the cool air from the higher slopes rolls down at night to provide more refreshment. The result is a wine of great sophistication and northern-Rhône sublety, packed full of ripe brambly fruit with a lovely soft edge. L&S (Oct 2013)


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Round and sweet. Lots of grip and character. Pretty pungent and tastes of warm slate. Just a little expensive perhaps. Drinking range: 2015 - 2019 Rating: 16.5/20 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Aug 2015)

From Frédéric Pourtalié and family, one of the best producers in the entire Languedoc, this is a beguiling blend of two thirds Syrah and a third Grenache and Mourvèdre, whose fine-textured, ripe blackberry fruit is infused with subtle oak spice and an underlying note of garrigue herb, with notable balancing freshness to top and tail it. Rating: 90 The Wine Gang - www.thewinegang.com (Feb 2015)

Domaine de Montcalmès

Frédéric Pourtalié and his family farm around twenty-five hectares of vines in what has now become the newly created appellation of the Terrasses de Larzac. Based in Puechabon, some of the vines are in the neighbouring villages of Aniane and Saint Saturnin. In his father's day the grapes were sold to the co-operative, but having previously worked with Alain Graillot (Crozes Hermitage) and La Grange des Pères, Frédéric imediately decided to start vinifying and bottling himself. Such is his success that he now sells all he can make in bottle. New slopes were being prepared for planting when I visited in 2012. These wines have become very sought after, and are released by the domaine on allocation - when it's gone it's gone. There are three red varieties. Syrah, which makes up 60-65% of the normal blend, and Grenache are both grown on three distinct soils - limestone, what Frédéric calls éboulis de calcaire (broken-down limstone rubble) and galets roulés (big round stones from glaciers like at Châteauneuf), and also Mourvèdre which is grown exclusively on the galets roulés. Aside from the dramatic slopes and these poor soils, which provide the perfect challenging conditions for the vines, the temperature has a large part to play. Here the vines are high up, but it is still only the foothills of the Cévennes, and cold air can pour off the mountains at night, dropping the temperature from a warm daytime 20-22 to a mere 2 degrees overnight. This has considerable influence in preserving the complexity and delicacy of the aromas.

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