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Carignan

This is another postphylloxera Spanish import, suited to poor soils such as schist, and resistant to the strong winds of the South. Dark and generously alcoholic, it is generally vinified by maceration carbonique, a technique which maximises fruit flavours. It’s usually blended, although some growers make a varietal wine from it. Carignan is making a comeback.

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Château de Oupia - Tradition / 2006 / Red
£ 7.75
This wine is made in the traditional way without any wood or carbonic maceration. It shows the rugged, almost rustic, flavours of Carignan with the scents and herbs of the garrigue, giving soft and supple fruit and a spicy finish. Learn More

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Clos Centeilles - Le Cariganissime / 2002 / Red
£ 8.50
This wine has a wonderful nose of fruit, cocoa and spices with overtones of aromatic herbs and leather. The palate is rounded and fruit driven. Maturation and bottling is done only in tanks and not in barrels for this cuvée in order to retain the primary fruit flavours. Bottling takes soon after, again to ensure that the fruit is “imprisoned in the bottle” (as the Marquis D’Angerville once said of his Meursaults). Learn More

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Domaine de la Madura - La Madura Classic / 2004 / Red
£ 8.95
Aromas of raisins and figs, a hint of vanilla, garrigue herbs and spices create a very attractive nose and palate supported by a firm structure and supple tannins. A rounded wine with a long finish. Learn More

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Domaine des Soulanes - Jean Pull / 2008/ Red
£ 9.95
Aged in a cuve rather than in wood this fruit driven cuvée shows dark fruits with smooth and silky tannins and a delicious lingering finish. Learn More

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Jasse Castel - La Font du Griffe / 2004 / Red
£ 9.95
This cuvée has not had any contact at all with wood in either the winemaking or ageing process. This is done
deliberately to preserve the fruit which shows itself as rich, ripe and concentrated with the support of very
supple and silky tannins. As of 2006 vintage “La Font Du Griffe” will be replaced by “Montpeyroux” Learn More

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Château de Oupia - Les Barons / 2006 / Red
£ 9.95
This cuvée, first made in 1985, is mostly aged in wood (for a year) and includes some carbonic maceration for the Carignan, blended after malolactic fermentation. It will age very well as the young wine is packed with ripe, oaky vanilla flavours with a backbone of tannin. Learn More

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Domaine Canet-Valette - Une et Mille Nuits / 2002 / Red
£ 10.95
Aged in cuve and oak, this wine gives very ripe black fruits on the nose with garrigue aromas and black pepper. An elegant and concentrated palate with supple tannins. Marc’s personal serving suggestions include rabbit, tarragon terrine with sun-dried tomatoes or tuna steak with anchovies. Learn More

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Mas Champart - Causse du Bousquet / 2005 / Red
£ 11.95
With gentle hints of ripe cherries, spice and garrigue herbs on the nose this wine will develop well within the next year. Full, concentrated fruit, aromatic complexity and finesse ensure very good ageing potential. Learn More

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Domaine des Soulanes - Bastoul Lafitte / 2007 / Red
£ 11.95
This is Daniel's personal favourite cuvee as it is made predomiantly from his preferred grape, Grenache. Lovely, soft Grenache fruit with silky tannins and a lingering finish. Learn More

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Domaine des Soulanes - Sarrat del Mas / 2007 / Red
£ 11.95
This wine is aged in French oak barriques and displays delicious spicy dark fruit and smooth tannins. Like all the wines of Domaine Soulanes the wine has not been filtered or fined and can develop a deposit so decanting is recommended. Being a dense and very concentrated wine it would be the perfect match to meat dishes such as boeuf en daube or boeuf bourgignon. Learn More

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