{"product_id":"sarrat-de-goundy-la-combe-au-louves-2023","title":"Sarrat de Goundy, La Combe au Louves 2023","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGet to know: Sarrat de Goundy, La Combe aux Louves 2023\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOld-vine Mourvèdre from one parcel on the La Clape massif, fermented without sulphur - the biggest red wine in our Languedoc range.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTasting Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack cherry in the glass, so dark it stains it. The nose is all very ripe Mourvèdre - blackcurrant, blackberry and a cool menthol streak that stops the ripeness taking over. The palate is full and round and the tannins are extraordinarily silky for a wine with this much muscle, and then the finish opens out onto spice and garrigue and keeps going. It is a big wine that never feels like hard work. Fifteen degrees of alcohol, carried without effort, and years of life ahead of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop food pairings:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlow-roasted shoulder of lamb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmoked aubergine with tahini and pomegranate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAged pecorino\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eKate Says\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nic calls this the Languedoc's answer to a serious Puglian - think Settebraccia, and then some. It's a hand-sewn cuvée off one parcel of old vines, vinified with no sulphur and no aromatic yeasts, and it's for the big-red drinker who wonders, what next?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eProducer Info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarrat de Goundy\u003c\/strong\u003e sit between the garrigue and the Mediterranean in AOC La Clape - 150 square kilometres of Cretaceous limestone, thirteen named winds, and just 778 hectares of vines in the whole appellation. Olivier Calix runs the estate with his mother Rosy and has been experimenting with terracotta since 2013, with around twenty-five 155-litre jars now in use for the reds. Around 400 sheep graze between the rows over winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it's made:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrown organically, though the fruit is not certified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeticulous sorting of a manual harvest, then vinified in a 40-hectolitre vat with no sulphur and no aromatic yeasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix months in vat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFourteen months in 300-litre barrels that have already held two wines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGood to know:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e AOC La Clape, Languedoc, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mourvèdre 50%, Syrah 20%, Grenache Noir 20%, Carignan 10%\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red, still, full-bodied, oaked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClosure:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVegan:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not supplied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eABV:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15%\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy we love it:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe top La Clape red wine in the range and the one that makes the case for the appellation. Mourvèdre-dominated, low-yielding, made with almost nothing added, and silkier than a wine of this size has any right to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarrat de Goundy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58090651419006,"sku":"SK-02775","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/5962\/files\/38_04ef1bf5-4495-4495-a433-b88b2e6fb388.jpg?v=1790264974","url":"https:\/\/www.reservewines.co.uk\/products\/sarrat-de-goundy-la-combe-au-louves-2023","provider":"Reserve Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}