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As attentive readers of earlier blog posts like this one about the ‘tango of en primeur’<\/a> will know, we are avid fans of Denis Durantou, maker of Chateau l’Eglise Clinet. Denis also makes a line-up of considerably less expensive but\u00a0great value\u00a0wines from the surrounding appellations, and these are offered today.<\/p>\n

Montlandrie, Cruzelles, Saintayme, and La Chenade<\/strong> all come strongly recommended, although my own favourite\u00a0in the 2010 line-up\u00a0was the Montlandrie,\u00a0which is\u00a0really the epitome of the Castillons I keep\u00a0saying are\u00a0brilliant value this year. When I said this to Denis he quickly re-shuffled the order of the bottles in the tasting, and said “this is how I rate the terroirs of my properties” The new order had Montlandrie second only to l’\u00c9glise Clinet itself, and above Cruzelles and even La Petite Eglise.<\/p>\n

\"Denis<\/p>\n

Also out today is the old traditionalist favourite Potensac<\/strong>, a wine which showed well in a fairly classical and austere M\u00e9doc style, and Fombrauge, a good value solid modern\u00a0Saint Emilion from the owner of Pape Clement, which is offered sensibly down a little on last year’s price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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