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Mas Foulaquier - Les Calades 2012

Mas Foulaquier - Les Calades 2012

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4/5 (3 customers)

15,5/20

RVF

"The Calades 12 expresses itself with greater precision, in a beautiful evocation of warmed rockery with notes of tasty berries." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2015 - RVF). The jammy black fruits are accompanied here by sweet spices, with great greed and length on the palate, with a delicately mentholated finish... A great success!

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Estate

Mas Foulaquier

Cuvée

Les Calades

Vintage

2012

Designation

Pic Saint-Loup

Region

Languedoc

Grape varieties

70% Syrah, 30% Grenache

Terroirs

stony clay-limestone soil, with good filtering capacity due to the presence of stones and limestone fragments

Viticulture

certified organic and biodynamic farming

Harvest

manual

Winemaking

no oenological products, sulfur or yeast are added

Breeding

24 months, half in concrete tanks, half in wood (3 to 10-wine barrels, 10-wine demi-muids, and foudres)

Alcohol content

14 %

Organic

Yes

Eye

deep, carmine-red colour

Nose

with notes of jammy black fruit and sweet spices

Mouth

lots of flavour and length, minty finish

Serve

at 14-17°C

Open

1h before

Drink from

2015

Drink before

2022

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

perfect with spicy Oriental or Mediterranean cuisine...

More information on Mas Foulaquier

More information on Pic Saint-Loup

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Wine rated (2015 guide) 15,5/20 (Good wine)

Domaine noté (guide 2018) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and that, as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the wine:

The Calades 12 expresses itself with greater precision, in a beautiful evocation of warmed rockery with notes of tasty berries.

About the domain :

Situated to the north of the Pic Saint-Loup cru, this estate consists of a large parcel of southwest-facing hillside on limestone scree, planted mainly with Grenache and Syrah. This is the Foulaquier terroir proper, which is joined on the estate by the siltier north-east-facing Tonillières terroir. This adventure, which began in 1998, is led by the couple Pierre Jequier, a former architect, and Blandine Chauchat, a former parliamentary official. These passionate winegrowers have restructured the estate, whose origins go back a long way, moving it towards organic and then biodynamic farming certification. After a few minor adjustments, they now offer a renewed range of healthy, tasty and fragrant wines, most of which are matured in a reducing environment.

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4/5

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