Katie, originally form Wales, lived in France for quite some time and worked in the wine trade for even longer. But it wasn’t until 2008 when she purchased her first vineyard in Languedoc.
Katie recalls that she was extremely lucky to be able to purchase a small vineyard La Roque – between the villages of Tuchan and Paziols, and fascinated to see what style of wine it produced.
Carignan Gris is a pain in the ‘derrier’ for a wine maker as it is a very late ripener. And we mean very late – it actually ripens after all the reds and still comes in at a lower alcohol. Katie believes that this is the reason why most of it has been ripped up. In their first vintage with this grape the winemakers thought that is was never going to ripen. But it was finally picked mid October 2022!
And it turned out to be delicious! Fresh, crunchy pear and extremely lively with a herby, smoky edge. Carignan Gris is a very rare grape and unlike the red variety is very difficult to come by.
Food pairing suggestion: Fisherman’s’ Pie.
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