{"id":1879,"date":"2010-12-08T23:14:32","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T23:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2010-12-08T23:15:07","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T23:15:07","slug":"two-high-end-southern-french-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wine-reviews\/two-high-end-southern-french-reds","title":{"rendered":"Two high-end southern French reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/P1050369.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1884\" title=\"P1050369\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/P1050369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/P1050369.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/P1050369-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/P1050369-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/P1050369-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The south of France, with its varying appellations, was one of the first wine regions that I fell in love with. I still retain an affection for the likes of Pic St Loup, Corbieres, Faugeres and Cotes du Roussillon, but it&#8217;s ages since I have visited &#8211; something I should try to address next year. Here are two attractive, quite ambitious wines of differing personalities and prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch\u00e2teau de Lancyre Coste D\u2019Aleyrac 2008 Pic St Loup, Languedoc, France<br \/>\n<\/strong> 14% alcohol. A blend of Syrah, Grenache and Carignan. Fresh, bright raspberry and cherry fruit with nice acidity. Bright and focused with a nicely peppery, meaty personality. A bit of garrigue herbiness, too, as well as grippy structure. A delicious unoaked style. 90\/100 (\u00a39.95 Berry Bros &amp; Rudd)<\/p>\n<p><strong>La Dev\u00e8ze 2007 C\u00f4tes du Roussillon Villages, France<br \/>\n<\/strong> 14.5% alcohol. Made by Anne-Lise and Olivier Bernstein, who are now working in Burgundy also, this is a dark coloured wine. It\u2019s concentrated with smooth, sweet, lush blackberry and blackcurrant fruit and a hint of roasted oak. There\u2019s a nice savoury twist to the sweet fruit. The palate is dense, sweet and spice. Modern in style: satisfyingly rich, but perhaps just a touch too ripe? 90\/100 (\u00a317.95 Berry Bros &amp; Rudd)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The south of France, with its varying appellations, was one of the first wine regions that I fell in love with. I still retain an affection for the likes of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,79,3],"tags":[376,384,56],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france","category-languedoc","category-wine-reviews","tag-france","tag-languedoc","tag-roussillon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1879"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1886,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions\/1886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}