The wine region of Saint-Christol is located in the region of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine de la Coste Moynier or the Domaine de la Coste Moynier produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Christol are Mourvèdre, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Christol often reveals types of flavors of oak, raspberry or earth and sometimes also flavors of spices, rosemary or red fruit.
In the mouth of Saint-Christol is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 11 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Christol, producing 32 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Christol 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 ...
The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...
The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
