Laithwaites Wine - Les Hauts de Fontrouge

Les Hauts de Fontrouge 2006

Esteemed mulberry-rich Midi star … chock-full of luscious, ripe-berry fruit and cigar box spice.

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Tasting note
Colour - Deep blackish ruby.

Aroma - Ripe blackberry character with smoky herby notes.

Taste - Ripe, smoky bramble character over rounded tannins with a hint of smoky liquorice.

Type:Still Red Wine	Country:France	Appellation:Coteaux de Peyriac VdP
Grape Type:Cabernet Sauvignon	Drink Before:End of 2009	Body:Medium Bodied
Alcohol:13%	Bottle Size:75cl	Bottle Code:39690

Serving suggestions
This luscious Cabernet offers the herby nuances and minerality you'd expect from a southern French wine. Enjoy with a tomato and butterbean gratin, lamb casserole or tasty sausages. Drink by mid 2009.

Description
Coteaux de Peyriac is a very small vin de pays that covers non-AOC wine from the Minervois region. This area is one of the most exciting parts of the Languedoc to buy from as, since it was granted appellation contrôlée status in 1985, great strides have been made in quality. This is reflected both in its AOC wines and its vins de pays. Decanter magazine wrote that the region was "home to its most dynamic, daring producers", while The Times described it as "home to lots of undiscovered gems."

This is a superb, one-off parcel of Cabernet made at the Lauran Cabaret cellar in Laure Minervois, one of the most well-respected wineries of the region.

Lauran Cabaret was in fact an overlord of the Haut Minervois in the rather savage days of the 13th century. He owned fortified castles in four strongholds within the region - Cabaret, Touregine, Fleur Espine and Quertinheux.

Winemaker at this excellent cellar is Thierry Tesseyre - a local who has had experience in Rioja, Italy, Alsace and Provence - and Jean-Claude Founeau, whose work has taken him to both Bordeaux and the Rhône.

They have made the wine purely from Cabernet Sauvignon - a grape that is not permitted within 'Minervois AOC' so the wine must take on the humble 'vin de pays' mantle. The vines are on average 25 years old, which accounts in part for the superb concentration.

International Wine Challenge 2007, United Kingdom