Grands Vins of the South
Six of the very best wines from the South - showcases the best terroirs from Provence right across to Roussillon. 2 bottles each of the following wines with a discount of 12.5%. off our normal bottle prices.
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Chateau de la Liquiere, Faugeres Blanc, Cuvee Cistus, 2022
Roussanne with Grenache Blanc and Rolle, with a small proportion aged in barriques. Full-bodied yet restrained, itbalances creamy, honeyed fruit with a taut citrus core. Serious and capable of ageing. Now-2027
“Heady and succulent. Frangipani and lychee, mango and linalool. The oak-fermented Roussanne has given the wine a magnificently rich, unctuous burnish, a hint of creamy butterscotch and coffee, but it hasn't lost its floral top notes or lovely, long, long seams of deeply...
ColourWhite
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
Sub RegionFaugeres
GrowerChateau de la Liquiere
Grape VarietyRoussanne, Vermentino & Grenache Blanc
Vintage2022
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
MethodOrganic
CodeLIQ722
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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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 Ferry Lacombe, Equinoxe, Cotes de Provence Rose, 2024
Sainte-Victoire is one of the top 'Crus' in the Côtes de Provence and this is very smart rosé which blew us away when we tasted it in Paris back in February. Hints of strawberry, nectarine, cream and pastry with a definite mineral undertow. Very elegant with lots of energy. Now-2027
ColourRosé
RegionCôtes de Provence
GrowerFerry Lacombe
Grape VarietyGrenache & Syrah
Vintage2024
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeCFL624
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache grows well in hot, dry regions, though it can develop very high (15 degrees+) alcohol.
As such it is grown principally in Southern France and Spain (as Garnacha). It is usually blended with other varieties in the Southern Rhône and Languedoc (Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsaut and others).
Its flavour usually encompasses the...
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Domaine de la Ribotte, Bandol Rouge, 2020
Mourvèdre par excellence. Savoury and spicy with deep, dark black fruit and robust tannins. Full-bodied and concentrated it positively demands food - a classic Provençal daube would be perfect. Ditto a charcoal-grilled bone-in ribeye. Now-2030.
Bandol is an unusual appellation in the south as both rosés and reds need to be based on at least 50% Mourvèdre. This grape, by repute, likes to have its feet in water and its head in the sun - so it thrives on the moisture retentive clay...
ColourRed
RegionBandol
GrowerDomaine de la Ribotte
Grape VarietyMourvedre & Monastrell
Vintage2020
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeRIB820
Domaine de la Ribotte
Bandol, France
The Domaine de la Ribotte is a family affair. Maurice Desblache’s grandfather bought the domaine which is now run by Maurice’s wife Laurence, the first female winemaker in Bandol, and their son Nicolas.
I came across their rosé while judging gold medal winners at the Decanter World Wine Awards. When we traced the family we were surprised to...
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Mas des Brousses, Terrasses du Larzac, 2022
An absolute gem of a wine. This quality from Rhone or Bordeaux would be double the price. 50% Mourvèdre withequal parts Syrah and Grenache. Given 18 months in old barrels. Perfumed and lifted with layers of black fruit, olivesand mountain herbs. Supple, unforced texture. Powerful without being heavy. Great now but will improve Now-2030
Brousses translates as bush, or brush; this is, literally, the farm in the garrigue. Amidst the rolling scrub-covered hills around Puéchabon and...
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc
GrowerMas des Brousses
Grape VarietyMourvedre, Syrah & Grenache
Vintage2022
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeMAB222
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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Mas des Brousses
Brousses translates as bush, or brush; this is, literally, the farm in the brush.
Amidst the rolling scrub-covered hills around Puéchabon and the pebble-strewn terrasses near the Hérault river lie the domaine’s plots of vines.
Tall Géraldine Combes (from a family who have inhabited Puéchabon, near Gignac, since 1525) juggles looking after...
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Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache grows well in hot, dry regions, though it can develop very high (15 degrees+) alcohol.
As such it is grown principally in Southern France and Spain (as Garnacha). It is usually blended with other varieties in the Southern Rhône and Languedoc (Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsaut and others).
Its flavour usually encompasses the...
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La Combe Saint Paul, L'Insoupconne, Languedoc-La Clape, 2021
Grown on clay-limestone soils in La Clape (a “heap of pepples” in the Occitan language, the old language of the Languedoc), a high rocky site near the Med south of Narbonne. 85% Syrah with Mourvèdre, given 10 months ageing in a mix of new and 2nd fill barrels - and a very limited production wine, just 2000 bottles in this vintage. As ever, very deep and opaque. Classic aromas of the hot south - black fruit with a hint of menthol. Lovely sucrosité up front,and then dark, brambly black...
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionLa Clape
GrowerLa Combe St Paul
Grape VarietySyrah & Mourvedre
Vintage2021
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeCSP721
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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Shiraz / Syrah
Shiraz / Syrah
Powerful, black-fruited, often aged in oak, syrah/Shiraz comes in varying styles but at the top (such as Hermitage) can be spectacular and very long-lived.
There is no question that Syrah is now the most fashionable red grape for new plantings in many New World countries, especially South Africa and Chile.
Origins ...
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Domaine Fontanel, Maury Sec, Arrels 2022
Arrels means “Roots” in the Catalan language. This is Elodie and Matthieu’s love letter to the historic Catalan associations of Roussillon. Maury is much more famous for its fortified sweet wines but makes wonderful dry wines too. This is a big wine made from 70% Grenache and 30% Mourvèdre with no oak influence. Deep, inviting nose with lots of morello cherry. Full-bodied and intense with lots of vigour and life. Fantastic but not for the faint hearted. Now-2031.
"Full...
ColourRed
RegionRoussillon
GrowerDomaine Fontanel
Grape VarietyGrenache & Mourvedre
Vintage2022
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeFON522
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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Domaine Fontanel
Tautavel, France
Things have changed at Domaine Fontanel, but with a sense of continuity. Elodie and Matthieu Collet bought the domaine from Pierre and Marie-Claude Fontaneil in 2017 and have already made a name for themselves, being elected no less than Vignerons de l'Année (Roussillon) du Guide Hachette 2019.
After both graduating as agricultural...
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Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache grows well in hot, dry regions, though it can develop very high (15 degrees+) alcohol.
As such it is grown principally in Southern France and Spain (as Garnacha). It is usually blended with other varieties in the Southern Rhône and Languedoc (Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsaut and others).
Its flavour usually encompasses the...
Discover More
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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Grands Vins of the South
Six of the very best wines from the South - showcases the best terroirs from Provence right across to Roussillon. 2 bottles each of the following wines with a discount of 12.5%. off our normal bottle prices.
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