We had an epic dinner and I’ll post lots of photos, but this short video is the dozen and some winemakers who proudly presented their wines at Puech Haut’s dinner Tuesday night.
As you can see, they are a fun and goofy group. But the wines don’t mess around.
It’s probably the best traditional meal I’ve ever had. Four courses, cheese and dessert. Sticking to traditional cuisine with a few inspired highlights and garnishes to update the dishes. And three to four excellent wines with every course (selected by Philippe Cambie to accompany each part of the meal).
I’m proud to see Languedoc wines like Oustal Blanc’s Maestroso and Puech Hauts’ wines served alongside legendary names in Chateauneuf du Pape and the rest of the Rhone and even some of our neighbors in Spain.
Dad and I taste some barrel wines at my Domaine, O’Vineyards, because we’re totally snowed in and can’t visit anybody else. We’ll be back on the road soon though, now that the Languedoc isn’t covered in snow.
We taste a couple of our more prestigious crus and talk about local and global wine news, and liquid glass. Pretty fun episode. If you want details on the wines, I’ll post them on the O’Vineyards site. I don’t feel like making Love That Languedoc too advertisement-y.
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Snow seems to be falling all around the northern hemisphere. And I am stuck at my winery. So enjoy an exceptional barrel tasting of my dad’s wines.
I try a new idea by talking about local news and wine news. We discuss Georges Freche’s upcoming election, the CIVL’s new leadership with Jeanjean and liquid glass, amongst other things. Let me know if you think this sort of news discussion format is interesting enough to bring back on a monthly or weekly basis.
Oh and azote means nitrogen. Not zinc. I don’t know where I got that from. Nitrogen makes a lot more sense. People say that snow helps fix nitrogen in the soil.
We try a few different samples but I’ll post all the details later at the Domaine O’Vineyard website since I don’t want this to get too advertisement-y.
I headed to La Sauvageonne in the Terrasses du Larzac and tasted some mighty fresh wines coming from the exceptional schist setting of the high Terrasses.
The schist at La Sauvageonne
We talk about diversity of the Languedoc-Roussillon a lot, and this estate visit helps that conversation quite a bit. Even though it is our third visit to the Terrasses du Larzac area, we’ve got a totaly different style of wine. Furthermore, the climb from the village up to the owner’s house at the peak of La Sauvageonne offers a peak at how much terroir can change in just a short climb in altitude. From the rust-colored Ruffes slate to the nearly lunar rock landscapes of the higher vines, La Sauvageonne makes you realize how wonderfully fast the terrain can change in the Languedoc.
Another interesting feature of this episode is that John is a person who came to work at La Sauvageonne because he loved the wines. And after a few short years working there, he’s been put in charge. That kind of passion turned into profession is pretty fun and makes for a good conversation.
The wines: Les Ruffes 2008, La Sauvageonne, AOC Terrasses du Larzac Pica Broca 2008, La Sauvageonne, AOC Terrasses du Larzac Puech de Glen 2005, La Sauvageonne, AOC Terrasses du Larzac
English | Ryan O'Connell February 25, 2010 | 
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