• A unique Lotusland zinfandel from southern France: Gord on Grapes

  By: Gordon Stimmell Wine Critic, Published on Fri Jan 03 2014 Gord on Grapes

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  As I was tasting the 100-plus bottles in this first Vintages release of the year, I did a sudden double take. What? A zinfandel from France? Impossible!
  Yes, Z De L’Arjolle 2011 Zinfandel (#346072, $19.95, rating 91/100) is from the Languedoc region of southern France. It was the brainchild of owner Louis-Marie Teisserenc, hailed as “the bearded wonder of the Languedoc.” His winery, Domaine de l’Arjolle, has a single hectare of zinfandel grapes, now nearing 17 years old and really hitting (...) — Lire la suite.

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• On the importance of dosage in #Champagne

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  The liquor added to champagne wines just after disgorging, also called “liqueur d’expédition” (expedition liquor) doesn’t just serve to fill the wine level after expulsion of the yeast deposit. As the composition of this liquor, made from still wine and sugar determines the sweetness of the Champagne, it’s the ultimate step to fix the style of the cuvee: From Extra Brut and Brut, through Extra Dry, Sec, Demi-Sec all the way up to Doux, the sparkling wine is more and more sweet. Since a couple of (...) — Lire la suite.

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• Afternoon! Malbec chateau du cedre #cahors Le Cedre 2010

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  Afternoon! Malbec chateau du cedre cahors le cedre 2010. Amazing colour, supple and cedary blackcurrant #topnotch pic.twitter.com/0Jo9N3q1yc
  — Sophie McLean (@Sophie_McLean) February 20, 2014 — Lire la suite.

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• Habemus papam !!! at Domaine Santa Duc

  By Fabrice Langlois

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  A scream you can hear all over the world, several times a century. But there are two places where these words have a particular weight: Rome and Avignon.
  “We have a pope!”
  I think, that after ten years of search, patience and willpower, Yves Gras and his estate Santa Duc might have screamed these same words too. Because there certainly are not many places where it is as difficult to become owner of vineyards as in Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
  From the acquisition of his first vineyard, during the (...) — Lire la suite.

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• Wine of the week: Château du Cèdre Cedrus Le Blanc 2012 #Vinisud

  Found on winecurmudgeon.com - december 2013

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  "What’s left to say about Gascon white wine blends that hasn’t been said since the first ones appeared in the 2008 $10 Hall of Fame? The same things I’ve been writing all along — cheap, well-made, food-friendly, and tasty. Can’t get too much of a $10 good thing, can we?
  The Cedrus ($10, purchased, 11.5%) is more Gascon cheap white wine excellence, Colombard and ugni blanc blended together to make a crisp, citrusy wine with the region’s trademark white grapiness and that is clean and delicious. (...) — Lire la suite.

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• Power and Terroir – Les Aspres 2005 from Pierre Cros

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  Watch out, this wine immediately grapes you by the throat! It’s a wine that doesn’t know any compromises… He smokes, this wine, blond tobacco with the heavy perfume of sweet, oriental spices: Vanilla, cinnamon, star anise… Cooked fruit, macerated in alcohol, smooth and powerful at the time. A playful wine that spreads its fragrances like cards on your table. Not lacking elegance, he presents himself in a honest and self-confident way through his clear acidity a firm, tannic handshake. (...) — Lire la suite.

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• 2011 vintage from Château du Cèdre #Cahors now available

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  The 2011 vintage was very contrasted and untypical, similar to 1990, with a very sunny spring, almost blistering, and a rainy summer, which slowed down the impressive headstart in the vine’s ripeness. Some nice weather in September permitted to harvest healthy and balanced grapes in early October. After careful vinification and two years of ripening in oak casks, concrete tanks and bottles, we are proud to present the wines of the 2011 vintage.
  Château du Cèdre Cahors 2011 Rich and spicy, (...) — Lire la suite.

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• A Malbec was calling my name after a long...

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  A Malbec was calling my name after a long week-end. Chateau du Cedre Cahors from France is on the… http://t.co/kGJTRWhJk3
  — Juanye (@followjuanzy) February 4, 2014 — Lire la suite.

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