LA 50/50
2009 Vin de Table Domaine Anne Gros et Jean-Paul Tollot
Grapes | Cinsault, Carignan, Grenache |
Colour | Red |
Origin | France, Languedoc-Roussillon |
Classification | Vin de Table |
ABV | 14.5% |
This blend of thirty year old Carignans, with forty year old Cinsaults, together with eighteen year old Grenache vines is matured in stainless steel to give a delicate, rounded and refreshing wine. Very immediate and delicious, with good depth of black fruit, fresh 'griotte' cherry and blackberry, almost in the style of a full bodied young burgundy. L&S (Nov 2010)
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It’s as if these two winemakers from Burgundy have run away to the South of France and created something great for the village party. The name of the wine, La 50/50, refers to the winemakers partnership rather than the blend and Anne Gros asks on her website, “Is it love at first sight? Absolutely!” There’s a sunny joyousness about this wine from the Languedoc and a sort of recklessness that appeals: it has all the spicy richness of the Languedoc but with the weight and core minerality you expect from her Vosne-Romanee (the Minervois vineyard is at the same altitude as Gros’ vineyards in Burgundy, although this does not explain the weight: I’d say the style has more to do with the deftness of the winemakers). A blend of Grenache, Cinsault and Carignan, it is labelled as Vin de Table, or the lowest classification, where it is illegal to show the vintage on the label – although they have, trickily, in the form of “Lot no: 2009″. Juel Mahoney, Wine Woman & Song (Mar 2012)
Cinsault, Carignan, Grenache. Intensity and tension here. Lovely softness. Full of southern appeal with a burgundian polish. Long and reverberant. GV Rating: 16.5 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Nov 2011)
This “table wine” is made in the Minervois by two celestially regarded Burgundy producers who are also partners and it is wonderful. It’s made from carignan, cinsault plus grenache and the Burgundian influence is evident in its gorgeous silky flow. There’s also an underlying energy and minerality: superb.Victoria Moore, The Daily Telegraph (Mar 2011)
Domaine Anne Gros et Jean-Paul Tollot
Anne Gros and Jean-Paul Tollot (Domaine Tollot-Beaut) have taken over some wonderful vineyards in the Minervois, and brought Burgundian savoir-faire to an area which all too often produces sweet or leaden-footed lumpen wines. These wines have a style of lively freshness which is so uncommon anywhere in Languedoc-Roussillon. We were bowled over by their drinkability, and feel they offer so much in terms of character and flavour, while remaining easy to approach, mineral and light of touch. Click here to read Jancis Robinson's article: A Burgundian in the Languedoc.
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