Coteaux du Languedoc - Le Geai Domaine de Montcalmès Frédéric Pourtalié 2017

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Coteaux du Languedoc - Le Geai Domaine de Montcalmès Frédéric Pourtalié 2017

The wine

Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre grapes, grown according to organic principles, comprise this cuvée, which is matured for two years in one or two-year-old oak barrels . This juicy, powerful cuvée, counterbalanced by an attractive minerality, is a demonstration of the full potential of the Languedoc terroir of Saint-Saturnin.

About the Producer Domaine de Montcalmès

In 1998, Frédéric Pourtalié left his local co-operative to found Domaine de Montcalmès. He had already studied under the most demanding of producers: Alain Graillot at Crozes-Hermitage and Olivier Jullien (Mas Jullien) and Laurent Vaillé at La Grange des Pères. To explain, Montcalmès, La Grange des Pères and Mas de Daumas Gassac are all sited around the village of Aniane in the Terrasses du Larzac – an enormous terroir whose profile these three domains have succeeded in raising. Located some thirty kilometres north-west of Montpelier, the operation covers 22 hectares of Terrasses du Larzac-appellation vines. The wines of Montcalmès have grown continually in precision and balance, and are now ranked among the finest wines of the Languedoc.

Detailed characteristics