Faugères, Dom. Léon Barral - 2019

Name: Faugères, Dom. Léon Barral
Brand: Dom. Leon Barral
SKU: 22007
Price: 44.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 22007 750 mL

This wine is a gem. It's dark and nearly opaque in the glass with notes of garrigue and game. On the palate, the wine has a ripe, powerful, southerly feel. Leon Barral is a natural winemaking star in France. Aged in old foudres.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2019

Country

France

Region

Languedoc-Roussillon

Sub-Region

Faugères

Producer

Dom. Leon Barral

Grape Variety

Grenache

Mourvèdre

Syrah

Production Methods

Organic

Biodynamic

Wine made from grapes grown organically using natural composting techniques and special preparations of herbal sprays while following the astronomical calendar.

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Glossary

Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

Mourvèdre

Known as Mataro in California and Monastrell in Spain, Mourvèdre can produce bold, tannic, highly alcoholic red wines. They usually show no shortage of fruit as well, and the best examples keep it all in perfect balance. Rhône-style blends are cropping up all over the world, and one of the classic tried-and-true combinations is "GSM," or Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre. The "M" contributes focus and fleshy character to blends - but Mourvèdre also shines on its own as a varietal wine.

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...