Classe , Mas Coutelou - 2022

Name: Classe , Mas Coutelou
Brand: Mas Coutelou
SKU: 51584
Price: 27.96 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 51584 750 mL

Puimisson is a village in the south of France that is located between the mountains and the sea. This is where you'll find the estate, Mas Coutelou - named after Jean François Coutelou who runs his family's domain. The vineyards are surrounded by thousands of trees (olive, fig, almond...) that were planted by Jean François himself. This is a lively red blend made of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2022

Country

France

Region

Languedoc-Roussillon

Producer

Mas Coutelou

Grape Variety

Syrah

Grenache

Mourvèdre

Production Methods

Organic

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

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Staff Pick Notes

Looking for a natural, Côtes du Rhône-esque wine to cozy up with? Here's your bottle. Medium bodied with soft and supple tannins, this is an easy drinker, especially alongside heartier fare (it was delicious with smoky beef chili). Tasting notes include plush, dark purple fruits, violets, black olives, brine, a bit of gamey meat and a touch of old attic. A slight CO2 spritz gives this wine a very lively lift. It's worth mentioning that vigneron Jean Francois Coutelou's vineyards have seen nary a mote of synthetic pesticides or herbicides. Classe in a glass? Don't mind if I do.

- BB

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...