French wine doesn’t have to be expensive to be good. The country is more than Burgundy and Bordeaux. Join me on a tasting of affordable French wines from the Languedoc Roussillon.
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🥂 Wines featured in this episode:
Delmas, Tradition Brut NV
Domaine Font-Mars, Picpoul de Pinet 2022
Château Auris, Corbières Rosé 2022
Domaine de Cabrol, Requieu 2020
Domaine de Cabrol, Vent d’Est 2019
Famile Fabre, Château de Gasparets 2019
Domaine de la Reserve d’Or, La Reserve d’Or Terrasses du Larzac 2020
Domaine Gayda, Figure Libre Freestyle 2020
Mas Becha, Patterns 2020
Domaine Vaquer, Exigence Grenache Noir 2021
Domaine des Schistes, Rancio Sec
Terrasous, Rivesaltes Ambré Hors d’age 18 Ans
Domaine de Baronarques (Rothschild family)
00:00 French Wine doesn’t have to be expensive
01:42 French wine from Laguedoc Roussillon
18:33 95-Point Wine from the Roussillon
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23 Comments
I've had very good Pinot Noir from the Languedoc. Otherwise, Alsace! 😄
Top video straight up my alley. One of my preferred regions. Fruitful reds/whites and price/quality affordable. Even their top cuvées. Love preferably the Roussillon reds and Maury, Banyuls, Rivesaltes. Strong, intens fruit and round. BTW had a lot of beautiful Mauzac bubbles from Antech. Crispy and very fresh. They have great wines and a very hospitable domaine. Also the wines from Paul Mas at Pézenas are amongst my favorites. Keep the juice flowing!
Hey Dr Matthew, I'm going to a restaurant soon and deciding between the stag's leap artemis 2019 and pian delle vigne antinori brunello di montalcino 2017. Which one would you recommend?
Matthew, it’s pronounced “payee” Doc not Paiyee!
I would have also included Pic St Loup even though you included Terrases de Larzac. Might have included a Fitou or Any of the small AOCs like Saint georges D’orques or any on the Muscats from Frontignan!
Nice video showing the diversity and complexity of Languedoc Roussillon wines 👌 and there are still so much to discover
It was a pleasure to help you for your video 😉
First sentence says it all! Languedoc-Roussillon is a treasure. So much variety and quality at moderate prices. I know you cannot cover all appellations, just wonder what you think of wines from Faugères and Saint-Chinian, considering the amount of schist soil.
Definitely a compelling region for value! I need to visit again, but definitely enjoyed my first trip to this region. Terrases de Larzac, in particular, has some impressive wines that I have tasted. It is definitely important to be selective, as I have had some disappointments too.
This area is the nest of wine for table drink ( mean not good ! ) And export in huge volume
But it change and u can ( as always) find gems
See granges des peres before the hype
U have lafage as a big producer also for
But so much also other
But as its wine from hot to very hot weather
Its usually more power wine concentrated …
It s a style
Great video , love his analysis but still it shows his personality without overpowering the theme
I am a big fan of the Château Maris – Les Planels
Your enthusiasm and willingness to beyond the norm is just awesome. Thank you.
Want more Languedoc?? Check out these VLOGs
Limoux & Picpoul: https://youtu.be/8_umM9nWqVo
Saint Chinian, Larzac, Corbieres, & more:
https://youtu.be/dT5MJAVDYxY
Saint Chinian Blind Tasting:
https://youtu.be/WBR2idGuXbU
Good wine makes me giggle too 😂
I've yet to have a baron Philippe de Rothschild wine that I didn't absolutely love, so thanks for brining this one to my attention! Ordered 6 bottles!
Great to find Fabre in your selection, they have a great portofolio of interesting & organic wines.
Cheers 🍷
It was lovely to find Fabre family in the selection, they are doing some great stuff with a beautiful portfolio of wines. Cheers Matthew 🍷
La sorga ❤❤❤
Been there 3 weeks ago. Great wines. Red couliore and sweet banyuls!
I have that Ganymède Boutenac you show at 9:43. We visited the chateau a couple of years back. They have another flagship Corbieres which is called Altair. The 2015 vintages was rated very high by Guide Hachette.
Apart from muscat de Rivesaltes and Banyuls I don't really venture in this wine region. Or at least not deliberately. On the topic of affordable French wines, I've recently "discovered" Vouvray white, insane price/quality ratio. I've got bottles from 2005 to 2021 from dry to semi-sweet to sweet and every bottle was around EUR 15,-
From this part of France, Domaine de l'Hortus, domaine des Grandes Costes and Mas Champart are my favs.
Of all the wines from Languedoc-Roussillon the most has to be Cremant and Blanquette di Limoux, fantastic QPR and they often have quite a bit of complexity as well. We've had a few reds over the years and they were solid, but not super impressive.
I think when wine gets imported abroad it is usually done with the largest market segment or group of consumers in mind. As up until rather recently full bodied red wine was the thing here, that's what was previously available. It's probably changed by now, but I don't focus on one country or region, but look for quality from all wine regions.
As for whites had a Chardonnay or two from LR, but the Taiwan market isn't so into non-mainstream whites from the south of France. The wine that impressed us both the most was the Domaine Lafage Ambre Hors d'Age; it was incredible. I remember kicking myself that I didn't buy a few more bottles, as this type of wine is pretty impossible to find here now. Great video and tips about which wines and appellations to be on the lookout for. Cheers!