Southern Reds
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L'Estabel, Cabrieres Rouge, Fulcrand Cabanon, 2022
“Smells of cherries dipped in chocolate and rolled in tobacco leaves. Redolent with red fruit and roasted sage, the dry, tea-leaf-astringent tannins dusted with cocoa powder. A little rustic, but delightfully so. Very true to its origins. GV. 16.5/20”, Tamlyn Currin, Languedoc Round-up, Summer 2024, jancisrobinson.com, 28th June 2024
A blend of Syrah, Grenache and Cinsault grown on schist in the tiny (but historic) appellation of Cabrières at 120 meters above sea level....
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
Grape VarietySyrah, Grenache & Cinsault
Vintage2022
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeFUL622
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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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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Mas des Brousses, Chasseur des Brousses, IGP Saint-Guilhem-Le-Desert, 2023
A distinctive blend of the family's 50 year old Merlot and the younger Tempier-sourced Mourvèdre. Uncomplicated - and we mean that as a compliment - it delivers lifted plum and blueberry fruit with some savoury tapenade notes too.Energetic and vital it goes very well with charcuterie. Now-2027
Brousses translates as bush, or brush; this is, literally, the farm in the garrigue. Amidst the rolling scrub-covered hills around Puéchabon and the pebble-strewn terrasses near the...
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionIGP
GrowerMas des Brousses
Grape VarietyMourvedre, Merlot & Syrah
Vintage2023
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeMAB123
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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Merlot
Origins
- Bordeaux region. Known by 18thC
- Now much more widely planted in Bordeaux than Cabernet Sauvignon
Characteristics
- Productive - high yielding …but early budding, so vulnerable to frost (e.g. 1956)
- In comparison to Cabernet Sauvignon: higher sugars and appealing...
Villa Tempora, Pezenas, 2023
A superb organic, terroir-driven Languedoc red that manages to be full of ripe, authentic garrigue flavours whilst weighing in at just 12.5% abv. It blends Grenache (from schist soils) and Syrah (from clay-limestone) with whole-bunch 80-year-old bush-vine Carignan. Very pure with aromatic raspberry and plum fruit. Focused, mineral finish.
"Agathe Dalisson, from Bordeaux, and Amaury Coste, from Burgundy, make exceptionally gentle wines from their estate in Pézenas. It's...
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionPezenas
GrowerVilla Tempora
Grape VarietySyrah, Grenache & Carignan
Vintage2023
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
MethodOrganic
CodeTMP223
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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Domaine du Grand Arc, Cuvee des Quarante, Corbieres, 2022
Based on 45% Carignan with 35% Grenache and 20% Syrah, all in barrel, about 20% new. This favourite blend at the Schenk cellar was first made by Bruno when he was forty years old - hence the name - and has never changed since.
Deeply coloured, properly extracted red, burly but also lightfooted: the dense, brambly fruit is leavened by spicy and heady aromatics. Drink with a daube of beef or venison. Will keep very well. Now-2030
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionCorbieres
GrowerDomaine du Grand Arc
Grape VarietyCarignan, Grenache & Syrah
Vintage2022
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
MethodOrganic
CodeDGA322
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 du Grand Arc
Corbieres, France
Nicolas Schenk is now running the family estate created by his father Bruno. Bruno Schenk is still a legend here at SVS.
He was an engineer in Alsace before he came to buy vineyards in the Corbieres in 1995. At first he sent his grapes to the co-operative, but after one frost affected year he decided he had to come out and bottle his own wines to...
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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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Chateau de la Liquiere, Faugeres Rouge, 2022
La Liquiere is among the finest estates in Faugères. Vidals have lived in the village of Cabrerolles in the very north of the appellation since the seventeenth century, but the estate was really founded by François’s grandfather, who was one of the most vocal lobbyists for the creation of the Faugères appellation – which occurred in 1982.
The family have 60 hectares, largely at 300m. of altitude on the schistous slopes which precede the massif to the north. Their wines...
ColourRed
RegionFaugeres
GrowerChateau de la Liquiere
Grape VarietyGrenache, Syrah & Mourvedre
Vintage2022
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeLIQ422
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 Fontanel, Hominus Sapanius, IGP Cotes Catalanes, Rouge 2022
70% Syrah, 15% Grenache, 15% Carignan, unoaked and grown in hot, dry and windy mountain vineyards near Tautavel (so it could actually be labelled as Côte du Roussillon Villages). 2022 was a more successful vintage in the Roussillon than 2021 producing reds with excellent concentration. Lots of dark berry fruit on the nose precedes a juicy, bright palate with pure bramble and damson character. The tannins are ripe and food-friendly without ever dominating. Great value and superb with...
ColourRed
RegionRoussillon
GrowerDomaine Fontanel
Grape VarietySyrah, Grenache & Mourvedre
Vintage2022
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeFON422
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
Domaine Fontanel has featured in the SVS range for nearly fifteen years, and two owners. Located in the inhospitable hills around Maury and Tautavel in Roussillon, high in the hills above Perpignan, Fontanel make intense terroir-driven wines from one of France’s most extreme terroirs.
Elodie and Mathieu Collet took over from the former...
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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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Southern Reds
Includes 2 bottles of each of the below wines, saving over 12% on regular bottle prices.
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