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Domaine Magellan - The Forbidden Fruit 2017

Domaine Magellan - Le Fruit Défendu 2017

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3/5 (7 customers)

Le Fruit Défendu is the estate's little treat, developing fruity notes on the nose, including blackberry and blackcurrant. A soft and fruity wine, offering slightly peppery and spicy accents, with a delicate hint of bay leaf. A wine for pleasure and conviviality!

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Estate

Domaine Magellan

Vintage

Le Fruit Défendu

Vintage

2017

Designation

IGP Hérault

Region

Languedoc

Grape varieties

90% Cinsault, 10% Syrah

Terroirs

6 hectares of old Cinsault vines on beautiful sandstone plots, selected from massal selections made in the Châteauneuf du Pape region in the early 1960s.

Viticulture

Certified organic

Grape harvest

Manuals

Wine making

Total destemming, vinification for 10 to 12 days in cement vats with pumping over and punching down, temperature controlled at 22/23°C.

Livestock farming

In concrete tanks

Alcohol content

13% %

Organic

Yes

Eye

Beautiful deep red color

Nose

With fruity notes of blackberry and blackcurrant

Mouth

A tender and fruity wine, with slightly peppery and spicy accents and hints of bay leaf.

Serve

At 14-16°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink from

2018

Drink before

2021

Food and wine pairings

Food and wine pairings

Enjoy with stuffed vegetables, roast guinea fowl, rabbit with mustard, Normandy-style escalope, or grilled meats.

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Bettane & Desseauve

Rated estate (2018 guide) 1*Star (A serious, recommendable production, in line with what one would expect from its appellation(s))

About the estate:

Wines with character, richly fruity, with a beautiful texture and good balance of freshness, which remain very easy to drink.

Hachette Wine Guide

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated estate (2021 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)

About the estate:

Bruno Lafon inherited his passion for wine and Burgundian rigor from his father. Captivated by the Languedoc terroir, he joined forces with Sylvie Legros in 1999 to restore this 32-hectare estate, which is run using organic farming methods.

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