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French Wine - Southern Rhône Region |
Importers find producers in many different ways: at trade shows, through the press, by word of mouth. Rolland Gap, the owner of Domaine d'Aeria, was brought to my attention by a pharmacist in the Gers, nearly 400 miles away from the Rhône.
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Christian Amido, who died from complications of a brain aneurysm, was a soft spoken man who had been under his doctor's care since I had gotten to know him in 2001 and, against his doctor's orders, frequently smoked while pulling samples to taste out of various casks.
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Rasteau is a small village (population 696) located in the Southern Rhone a short three miles east of Cairanne and 10 miles north of Gigondas. Until about ten years ago, Rasteau was most known for Vin Doux Naturels (VDN) or muted-sweet wines.
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The Domaine du Grand Montmirail is located at 350 meters altitude, just below the beautiful Dentelles de Montmirail. The 59-acre vineyard is planted at a southern exposure, on a clay and chalk-based soil littered with cannonball-sized rocks.
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Mas de Cabasolle is a very small property located in the town of Vacqueyras. One of the parcels of the vineyard, called Péché Mignon, holds the domaine's oldest grenache vines.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape is perhaps the best known appellation in the Southern Rhône. And for good reason. There are a number of striking details about Châteauneuf that differentiate it from its neighboring appellation.
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Domaine Saint-Amant stands at the summit of a hill some 500 metres above sea level, unusually high for the Southern Rhône. (In fact, Côte Rôtie in the Northern Rhône only reaches 350 metres altitude.) Because of this height, the temperature is cooler and the grapes retain better acidity.
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The Domaine Terrasses d'Eole is located in the heart of Provence, at the bottom of Mount Ventoux, in the small town of Mazan. The property offers an exceptional view of Mount Ventoux, home to one of the most famous stages of the Tour de France.
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Domaine de Piaugier is situated in and around the village of Sablet, which stands proudly at the feet of the jagged Dentelles de Montmirail in the Vaucluse department of the Southern Rhône. The Sablet vineyards were first developed under the protection of the Counts of Toulouse to whom the property once belonged.
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