2014 Montcalmes - Coteaux du Languedoc
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60% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre. Juicy red berry fruits, more than a touch of oak spice, milk chocolate and pepper. Rather delicate structure, and struggles with the oak influence, but there is superb fruit flavour beneath. Has the same brooding spiciness of great Rhône blends – almost as if influenced by north and south. (RH)
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate
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One of my favorite estates in the Languedoc is unquestionably that of the young Frederic Poutalie. His 2014 Terrasses du Larzac was tasted as a barrel sample, but shows loads of promise. Black raspberries, cassis, spice, saddle leather and garrigue characteristics all flow to a full-bodied, pure, polished red that has gorgeously sweet fruit and a great finish. It should shine right out of the gate, yet keep for a decade or more. The blend is 60% Syrah, 20% Grenache and 20% Mourvèdre that will see two years in a mix of once-, twice-used and older barrels.