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Maxime Magnon, La Demarrante

Other, France 2012 (750mL)
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Maxime Magnon, La Demarrante


The Languedoc-Roussillon is a large wine region covering most of the French Mediterranean coastline starting in western Provence and ending at the Spanish border. The region is responsible for more than 30% of the total wine production of France and it yields more wine than the entire United States combined. Within its borders, it holds old vineyards, some planted over 100 years ago, with amazing potential that is rarely tapped into. Many of these vineyards have become abandoned over the last few decades due to their extreme remote location, low yields, and the wines commanding little value to consumers.

One of these remote locations is in the Hautes Corbières. Over the last 12 years Maxime Magnon has become the owner of 25 acres of old vine plantings. He farms these old vineyards without the use of modern farming methods and uses herds of sheep in place of herbicides to control weeds and they, in turn, help to fertilize the vineyards. The grapes are all harvested by hand and he ferments the whole clusters using carbonic maceration, something he learned while working for the famous Jean Foillard of Beaujolais.

The grapes he uses for La Demarrante are Carignan and Cinsault that come from just outside the Corbières appellation. The wine exhibits a light purple color extending to a pinkish rim. The aromatics are pure and lively showing aromatics of fresh black raspberry, blueberry, purple plums, anise, wild herbs and crushed rocks. The palate is medium body with a fresh character of wild berries, fresh flowers and earth. Ideally give this wine 30 minutes in a decanter before consuming and serve it at about 60-65 degrees. Cooler is okay too if you are drinking it outside this summer.
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Country
France
Region
Other
Sub-Region
FranceHautes Corbières
Soil
Sandy Limestone and Schist
Farming
Organic
Blend
Carignan, Cinsault
Alcohol
13.0
OAK
Neutral and Cement

France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

Enjoying the greatest wines of Beaujolais starts, as it usually does, with the lay of the land. In Beaujolais, 10 localities have been given their own AOC (Appellation of Controlled Origin) designation. They are: Saint Amour; Juliénas; Chénas; Moulin-à Vent; Fleurie; Chiroubles; Morgon; Régnié; Côte de Brouilly; and Brouilly.

Southwestern France

Bordeaux

Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

Loire Valley

The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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