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Learning about wine, vines and vignerons whilst living in the Languedoc


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The year so far

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The vineyards of Mas Coutelou

We are a third of the way through 2015 already and the work of making wine has been hard throughout those 4 months. I have put the links together to show a summary of everything that Jeff, Carole, Michel and Renaud have been up to so far. And occasionally me too.

January Part 1  – work in the vineyard

January Part 2  – Pruning (La taille)

February Part 1 – vineyards

February Part 2  – vineyards and grass

February Part 3  – ploughing (labours)

March Part 1  – new planting

March Part 2  – bottling (embouteillage)

March Part 3  – vineyards

April – vineyards

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Delights and disappointments

Three months in Margon has given me the opportunity to taste and drink a lot of wines. I have frequently said that I don’t write good tasting notes but here are some producers whose wines I have enjoyed and a few that have been disappointing (to be kind to them).

Languedoc

  • Mas Coutelou – of course.
  • Mas Gabriel
  • Turner Pageot
  • Barral

Pic St Loup

  • Saint Daumary
  • Morties (red)
  • Moucheres (red)
  • Lancyre (white)

Corbieres

  • Pech Latt
  • Deux Anes

Fitou

  • Les Enfants Sauvages

Roussillon

  • Treloar
  • Clos Du Rouge Gorge
  • Les Arabesques

Gard

  • Clos Des Grillons

Burgundy

  • De La Choppe

Beaujolais

  • Guy Breton
  • JP Thévenet

Loire

  • Lemasson
  • Salmon

Disappointments

  • Peyre Rose
  • Montcalmes
  • Negly
  • Mas Belles Eaux