{"id":13061,"date":"2014-06-18T09:48:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T09:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13061"},"modified":"2017-11-15T07:51:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T07:51:36","slug":"wall-street-journal-le-petit-roy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/06\/wall-street-journal-le-petit-roy\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Lyons in the Wall Street Journal on Le Petit Roy 12\u00e8me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"width: 575px; text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;A real find. French winemaker Jean-Marie Royer makes sublime Ch\u00e2teaneuf-du-pape, but this is straight vin de table. Gloriously fresh, it is a blend of Syrah, Grenache and Mourv\u00e8dre, with bright red fruits, cracked pepper and a grippy finish.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Will Lyons<\/strong> in the <strong>Wall Street Journal Europe<\/strong>\u00a017\/6\/2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What&#8217;s he talking about?<\/strong> The wine that was our WOTW on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/wine-of-the-week-bbq-petit-roy-steak\/\">28th of May:<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a title=\"LE PETIT ROY 12\u00e8me Ann\u00e9e Domaine Jean Royer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/LE-PETIT-ROY-12eme-Annee-Domaine-Jean-Royer-19419-00.html\">LE PETIT ROY 12\u00e8me Ann\u00e9e Domaine Jean Royer<\/a> <\/strong><\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"LE PETIT ROY 12\u00e8me Ann\u00e9e Domaine Jean Royer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/LE-PETIT-ROY-12eme-Annee-Domaine-Jean-Royer-19419-00.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Petit-Roy-12eme-Ann\u00e9e.png\" alt=\"Petit Roy '12eme Ann\u00e9e'\" width=\"490\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a313.75 <\/strong>single bottle<strong> (<\/strong>just<strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a312.50<\/span> <\/strong>at our case price)<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"width: 575px; text-align: center;\"><em>\u2019Le Petit Roy\u2019 is simply a Vin de France because it is made up of eveything that does not make it into Jean-Marie&#8217;s Ch\u00e2teaneuf cuv\u00e9es, and as such carries no vintage on the label, only \u201912eme ann\u00e9e\u2019 (which is a clue). It is deceptively easy to drink, packed with ripe peppery fruit and a lovely, almost old-fashioned \u2018liquidity\u2019, making it so very gluggable. Tannins soft enough to be drunk cool, so don&#8217;t hesitate to stick it in the fridge.&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0 <strong>L&amp;S<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A real find. French winemaker Jean-Marie Royer makes sublime Ch\u00e2teaneuf-du-pape, but this is straight vin de table. 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