Gigot d’agneau aux légumes confits, pâté en croûte, daube provençale, magret de canard aux cerises, fourme d’Ambert

Cairanne 2020

Domaine de Longue-Toque

$1,062.00
($177.00 / bottle)

Un Cairanne généreux du secteur des Garrigues, entre cerise burlat, vanille et poivre blanc.

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France

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Red

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15.5%

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5 to 10 years

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71% Grenache, 21% Mourvèdre, 8% Syrah

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Le Cairanne du Domaine de Longue-Toque provient de ce cru de la vallée du Rhône méridionale, dans le Vaucluse, non loin des Dentelles de Montmirail. La parcelle est située au sud de l’appellation, dans le secteur des Garrigues. Les vignes y sont plantées sur une terrasse d’alluvions caillouteuses recouvrant des marnes sableuses et des safres de l’ère tertiaire, sous un climat méditerranéen ensoleillé, rafraîchi par le mistral.

Les vendanges, entièrement manuelles, se sont échelonnées de fin septembre pour la Syrah jusqu’au Mourvèdre. Les raisins sont triés, foulés et éraflés, puis macèrent 24 jours avec des remontages fréquents. Après la fermentation malolactique, une partie des vins de presse est réincorporée à l’assemblage. L’élevage dure onze mois, dont huit mois en pièces de chêne français.

Ce vin dévoile des notes de cerise burlat, de mûre, de cassis, de vanille bourbon, de poivre blanc, de garrigue, de réglisse et de cacao. Sous une robe grenat profond aux reflets violines, le nez est généreux et finement boisé. L’attaque est fraîche et vive, suivie d’un bel équilibre entre le fruit et des tanins doux et enrobés, jusqu’à une finale très gourmande.

Where are we traveling?

The Rhône Valley


The Rhône Valley unfolds its vineyards in south-eastern France, along the river, from Vienne just south of Lyon to the outskirts of Avignon, over nearly two hundred kilometres. It divides into two distinct areas: in the north, a temperate continental climate, marked by steep sun-drenched slopes swept by the mistral; in the south, a truly Mediterranean climate, hot and dry, where the same wind keeps the vines healthy and preserves the freshness of the grapes. The soils change completely, from the granite and schist of the northern slopes to the terraces of rounded pebbles, sand and clay-limestone of the south. The region stands out for its two complementary faces: in the north, Syrah on its own for spicy, taut reds, alongside Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne; in the south, generous blends dominated by Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.

The little history of the country

France

The cradle of wine culture in Western Europe, France owes its first vines to the Greeks of Phocaea, who settled around Marseille some twenty-six centuries ago, before the Romans spread viticulture along the Rhône and the Garonne and as far as Champagne. In the Middle Ages, Cistercian and Benedictine monks cleared the slopes of Burgundy and patiently mapped out the climats, laying the foundations of the notion of terroir. The 19th century brought the glory of the classifications, then the disaster of phylloxera, which wiped out the vineyards before they were rebuilt on American rootstocks; the creation of the appellations d'origine contrôlée in the 1930s then set the rules that would inspire the whole world. Today, France vies every year with Italy and Spain for first place in world production by volume and remains the ultimate benchmark of the Old World, as much for its age-worthy wines as for its winemaking models. Vineyards cover almost the entire country, from the cool north of Champagne and Alsace to the Mediterranean shores of Languedoc and Provence, by way of the oceanic climates of Bordeaux, the Loire and the South-West, continental Burgundy, the steep slopes of the northern Rhône and the high-altitude valleys of Savoie and the Jura. This mosaic of soils – limestone, schist, gravel or rounded pebbles – explains the extraordinary diversity of styles. As for grape varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot dominate Bordeaux and produce structured reds, Pinot Noir is the signature of Burgundian finesse, Syrah of the depth of the Rhône, while Grenache, Gamay, Cabernet Franc and Mourvèdre cover every register, from easy-drinking wines to wines for long ageing. Among the whites, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin, Riesling and Viognier offer expressions ranging from lively and mineral to unctuous, all the way to great sweet wines. A land of benchmarks and constant discoveries, France remains the compass for wine lovers the world over.

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