The wine region of Pézenas is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Mas Belles Eaux or the Domaine Les Aurelles produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pézenas are Mourvèdre, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pézenas often reveals types of flavors of oaky, white pepper or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, red fruit or tobacco.
In the mouth of Pézenas is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 45 estates and châteaux in the of Pézenas, producing 102 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pézenas go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.
The Roussillon is home to a range of wine styles, at varying price points. Sweet fortified wines (vin doux naturel) used to dominate production, with still dry wines (vin sec) in the minority. In the last 30 years, however, this has completely changed, and vin sec now makes up the majority (80%) of the Roussillon’s output. The recent Wines of Roussillon tasting, held in London, not only highlighted many good quality dry wines being produced, but also cemented the idea that Roussillon whites are ...
Celebrities from all walks of fame are stepping into the wine world. Sports stars, actors, musicians and TV personalities are all jumping on the wine bandwagon, some owning vineyards and others getting more hands-on in the winemaking itself. This growing trend shows no sign of slowing with recent celebrities to launch their own wines including George Clooney, Gordon Ramsey and Gary Barlow. The Take That star follows in the footsteps of pop singer Kylie Minigue, who launched a successful range of ...
I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...
