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Chateau de la Liquiere, Faugeres, Nos Racines Rouge, 2020
A blend based on the estate’s oldest vineyard of 100 year old Carignan vines (80%) plus Grenache and Syrah, cropping at only 20-25 hl., per hectare, all harvested and vinified together and aged in cement only. So exciting: such vivid red... Read More
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ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
Sub RegionFaugeres
GrowerChateau de la Liquiere
Grape VarietyCarignan, Grenache & Syrah
Vintage2020
ABV15%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeLIQ920
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Carignan
Carignan is the grape which really distinguishes the red wines of the Languedoc and Roussillon from those of the southern Rhône (in the latter Grenache is ubiquitous and dominant, and Syrah and Mourvèdre are the preferred blending grapes).
It has been a much maligned grape. For example Jancis Robinson’s Oxford Companion to Wine thunders: "Carignan,...
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Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Chateau de la Liquiere, Faugeres, Nos Racines Rouge, 2020
A blend based on the estate’s oldest vineyard of 100 year old Carignan vines (80%) plus Grenache and Syrah, cropping at only 20-25 hl., per hectare, all harvested and vinified together and aged in cement only. So exciting: such vivid red fruit, enlivened by a seam of acidity. Absolute proof that ancient vine Carigan grown on schist can deliver a wine equal in finesse to the finest Pinot Noir or Nebbiolo. This has everything. Now-2027
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