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Chateau
la Sauvageonne |
 Chateau la Sauvageonne
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2002
"Les Ruffes" Coteaux du Languedoc
This is
the winery's basic bottling, an unoaked blend of 40 percent
Syrah, 30 percent Grenache, 15 percent Cinsaut and 15 percent
Carignan. Dark cherry-red in colour, it offers rustic but
appealing scents of plummy fruit and the "garrigues"
herbal blend of Southern France. Sweet red-fruit and earth
over crisp acidity and smooth tannins come together in what
may be one of the best under £6.00 French reds on the
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2002
"Pica Boca" Coteaux du Languedoc
A blend of Syrah
(60 percent) and Grenache (40 percent), made half in tank
and half in oak barrels, the wine is dark garnet, with perfumed
and pleasantly peppery aromas leading to a mouth full of plummy,
structured fruit. |
2001"Puech
de Glen" Coteaux du Languedoc
Deep and concentrated, pure black fruit, "sweet"
and full, this prestige wine presents pure essence of fully
ripened Syrah fruit. |
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to order these wines
Please use one of the following links to open a printable
order form in a new window, and send the printed, completed
form to us by fax or post (details on the form). Two alternative
formats are provided for your convenience.
Adobe
Acrobat pdf format (recommended)
Microsoft
Word format
Minimum order of 12 bottles.
If you have any problems or queries please contact
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| Fred Brown, a York businessman, and his winemaker Gavin Crisfield
searched Languedoc for two years before finally finding La
Sauvageonne. |
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| Languedoc was featured last month in our summer offer. We
give no apologies for presenting another superb collection
of southern French reds. The domaine is classified AOC Coteaux
du Languedoc 'Terrasses du Larzac' and is situated 50km northwest
of Montpellier and lies between Clermont l’Herault and
Lodéve. |
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"Having searched for 18 months for the ideal terroir,
it was clear from our very first visit that the potential for quality,
at this domaine, was remarkable.
"The vines cover 32 hectares on a band of schist at an
altitude of between 150 to 400m. A variety of well-exposed sites
and the prevailing north westerly winds ensure that our vines reach
perfect maturity with little risk of disease. The use of chemical
herbicides is avoided and vine treatments are kept to the minimum.
We work the land and vines as much as possible by hand, with meticulous
shoot and grape selection.
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"This aids the phenolic ripening of the grapes and
reduces the use of fungicides. Harvest is carried out between
early September and late October; all parcels are harvested
by hand and vinified separately; picking dates are determined
by taste rather than analysis."
Gavin Crisfield
(For further information on the Languedoc region and wines
why not read the accompanying newsletter?)
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