LOZÈRE CÔTES DU RHÔNE IGP GARD AOC IGP GARD Cévennes AOC AOC IGP Coteaux A9 Pont du Gard Rhône Nîmes A75 AOC LANGUEDOC AOC IGP PIC-SAINT-LOUP AOC LANGUEDOC CLAIRETTE Saint-Guilhem- SAINT-CHRISTOL DE BELLEGARDE AOC le-Désert TERRASSES DU LARZAC AOC LANGUEDOC AOC LANGUEDOC SAINT-DRÉZÉRY HÉRAULT ST-SATURNIN AOC Montpellier AOC DE LUNEL IGP AOC Vicomté AOC LANGUEDOC Haute Vallée CLAIRETTE DU d’Aumelas AOC LANGUEDOC LA MÉJANELLE IGP de l’Orb ST-GEORGES- PAYS D’HÉRAULT LANGUEDOC D’ORQUES AOC LANGUEDOC AOC LANGUEDOC IGP CABRIÈRES AOC GRÉS DE MONTPELLIER AOC MUSCAT Sable de FAUGÈRES AOC LANGUEDOC DE MIREVAL Camargue AOC ST-CHINIAN PÉZENAS AOC ST-CHINIAN BERLOU AOC ROQUEBRUN IGP AOC MUSCAT Côtes de PICPOUL AOC AOC Thongue DE PINET DE FRONTIGNAN MUSCAT DE SAINT SAINT-CHINIAN IGP JEAN DE MINERVOIS Béziers AUDE AOC MINERVOIS IGP IGP Canal du Midi LA LIVINIÈRE Coteaux de Côtes de AOC Béziers Thau IGP A61 CABARDÈS Coteaux de Narbonne Narbonne AOC Carcassonne AOC LANGUEDOC MALEPÈRE LA CLAPE The AOC CORBIÈRES BOUTENAC AOC AOC LIMOUX CORBIÈRES IGP AOC LIMOUX AUDE Vallée du BLANQUETTE DE LIMOUX IGP Paradis Haute Vallée AOC LIMOUX de l’Aude IGP MÉTHODE ANCESTRALE Vallée du AOC Torgan AOC FITOU Beautiful CRÉMANT DE LIMOUX FITOU AOC MAURY sec IGP Maury Tautavel AOC MUSCAT DE PAYS CATHARE Lesquerde RIVESALTES Latour A9 de France AOC CÔTES-DU- Caramany South ROUSSILLON- AOC VILLAGES CÔTES-DU- Perpignan ROUSSILLON AOC RIVESALTES Les Aspres Languedoc-Roussillon PYRÉNÉES-ORIENTALES AOC BANYULS ET AOC IGP IGP CÔTES CATALANES BANYULS Côte GRAND CRU and Provence We will be holding two tastings of a selection of wines from this list, with the support of the Maison de la Région Languedoc-Roussillon, as follows: Hampshire: London: Wednesday 25th May, 6.00pm to 8.15pm Tuesday 7th June, 6.00pm to 8.30pm At the café (ground fl oor – entry by side Maison de la Région Languedoc-Roussillon, door), St John’s House, The Broadway, 6 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0PD High Street, Winchester SO23 9BE Cost £10.00 per head. Please let us know at 01962 712351 or [email protected] if you would like to attend. Please let us know if you would like to attend, and bring guests. Tickets are available to buy on our website as well. ur annual visit to the region in February was as ever a real pleasure, perhaps because we feel the quality of The Beautiful South Owine produced in Languedoc is increasing year in year out. Generalisations are always dangerous but I see the tireless Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence efforts of our growers to try and improve their wine. First, they are determined to get the best of their terroir: the fact that so many are now organically certified or in the formal process of converting to organic cultivation testifies to their care for their The following mixed cases include two bottles of each of the six land. Likewise improvements in winemaking involve moving wines listed, with a discount of at least 10% towards minimal intervention, plus a reduced use of oak barrels. We have several fantastic totally unoaked wines listed here; if BS216 Southern Sampler £88.00 oak is used, it is mainly in the form of old barrels, just to round (Three whites and three reds) the fruit; and growers tend to use less new oak for their top wines 2015 Preignes Le Vieux, Reserve Blanc, than in the past. These changes result in fresher wines and better IGP Coteaux de Béziers (p.3) expression of terroir. 2015 Domaine La Grave, IGP Hauts de Badens (p.3) Our selection of estates and appellations is growing but it is not 2015 La Combe Saint-Paul, Chardonnay, IGP Pays d’Oc (p.3) an easy task to add novelty to an established list: you would not 2013 Les Vignerons Réunis, Carignan Vieilles Vignes, believe the amount of wine we try and reject. But it is exciting IGP Pays d’Hérault (p.4) when we find new partners. This year we introduce two to the 2014 Comtesse de Marion, Merlot, IGP Pays d’Oc (p.4) UK market. La Combe Saint Paul is a recent estate created by 2015 Montcharme Pinot Noir, IGP Pays d’Oc (p.4) young couple, Line and Paul Maury. We offer their two incredibly good value single varietal IGP whites and two Languedoc-La BS316 Six Wonders of 2015 £103.00 Clape reds which make the best of this amazing maritime terroir. (Three whites and three reds) We are also awaiting a shipment from Plan de l’Homme in the Terrasses du Larzac, where Rémi Duchemin produces a stunning 2015 Preignes Le Vieux, Reserve Blanc, and mineral expression of Roussane, a lovely red fruited Cinsault IGP Coteaux de Béziers (p.3) based red and an impressive Terrasse du Larzac redolent of the 2015 La Combe Saint-Paul, Viognier, IGP Pays d’Oc (p.3) garrigue. But we don’t only try and find grand and ageworthy 2015 Domaine La Croix Belle, Caringole Blanc, wines: we also hunt very hard to find excellent daily drinking. IGP Côtes de Thongue (p.3) For example, at last we have a Pinot Noir to pour at summer 2015 Domaine Fontanel, IGP Côtes Catalanes, Rouge (p.10) parties (see p4). 2015 Grand Arc, Corbières Rouge, Nature d’Orée (p.10) 2015 Domaine Begude, Pinot Noir, Finally we probably had a little bit of help from Mother Nature IGP Haute Vallée de l’Aude (p.9) last year. It was a surprise to hear Monsieur Orosquette from Château La Grave who is really not the man to sing about his BS516 Palette of Pink £108.00 wines “C’est mon plus beau millésime, et cela fait 30 ans que je (6 Rosés) fais cela!”. If the region almost always enjoys fine weather, 2015 was particularly good, so let’s do a last generalisation. We are 2015 Le Petit Pont, Rosé, IGP Pays d’Oc (p.5) yet to come a across a poor wine from 2015 in the South so we 2015 Preignes Le Vieux, Reserve Rosé, know you will enjoy the first wines we ship from this stunning IGP Coteaux de Béziers (p.5) vintage. 2015 Château La Grave, Minervois Rosé, Expression (p.5) 2015 Domaine du Météore, Faugères Rosé, Les Léonides (p.5) François Dupont - April 2016 2014 Les Quatre Tours, Signature Rosé Coteaux d’Aix en Provence (p.5) Mixed Cases 2015 Domaine de la Ribotte Bandol Rosé, Cuvée Anaïs (p.5) BS416 L-R Terroirs £130.00 All of the cases below are discounted by 10% against the bottle (Three whites and three reds) prices in the list - we do this to encourage you to try new wines. 2015 Domaine du Grand Arc, Corbières Blanc, Veillée Equinoxe (p.10) BS116 The Beautiful South £105 2013 Belles Pierres, Languedoc, Les Clauzes de Jo Blanc (p.6) (6 whites and 6 reds) 2014 Domaine Fontanel, Côtes de Roussillon Blanc (p.10) One bottle of each of the twelve wines listed below. 2013 Domaine du Météore, Faugères Rouge, Les Léonides (p.8) 2014 La Combe Saint-Paul, Grés Rouge de La Clape, 2015 Preignes Le Vieux, Reserve Blanc, Languedoc-La Clape (p.8) IGP Coteaux de Béziers (p.3) 2013 Domaine Depeyre, Côtes du Roussillon Villages Rouge (p.11) 2015 Domaine La Grave, IGP Hauts de Badens (p.3) 2015 La Combe Saint-Paul, Viognier, IGP Pays d’Oc (p.3) 2015 Creyssels, Languedoc, Picpoul de Pinet (p.3) BS616 Arc of Appellations £160.00 2015 Domaine Begude, Chardonnay, IGP Pays d’Oc (p.3) (Six reds) 2014 Domaine du Météore, Faugères Blanc, Les Léonides (p.8) 2013 Belles Pierres, Languedoc, St. Georges d’Orques, 2015 La Croix Belle, Caringole Rouge, Les Clauzes de Jo Rouge (p.6) IGP Côtes de Thongue (p.4) 2010 Domaine du Météore, Faugères Rouge, Les Orionides (p.8) 2014 Château La Grave, Minervois Rouge, Tristan et Julien (p.4) 2014 Domaine Fontanel, Côtes de Roussillon Villages, 2015 Domaine Fontanel, IGP Côtes Catalanes, Rouge (p.10) Tautavel, Cistes (p.10) 2014 Mas des Brousses, Chasseur des Brousses, 2014 Mas d’Amile, Languedoc-Montpeyroux (p.7) IGP Pays d’Oc (p.6) 2013 Mas des Brousses, Coteaux du Languedoc, 2013 Grand Arc, Corbières Rouge, Reserve Grand Arc (p.10) Terrasses du Larzac (p.6) 2013 Belles Pierres, Languedoc, St. Georges d’Orques, 2012 La Combe Saint-Paul, L’Insoupçonné, Les Clauzes de Jo Rouge (p.6) Languedoc-La Clape (p.8) 2 2015 La Combe Saint-Paul, Viognier, Fresh and Fruity wines IGP Pays d’Oc, 13% Bottle £8.95 Case £102.03 Code CSP315 Here we list what has made the region famous for decades; fresh and fruit driven wines, full of sunshine and delivering The nose is fl oral and delicate. Fresh pineapple and a touch of immediate pleasure. Most of them are under Indication lychee, such purity of fruit, exotic and subtle, fresh and long. A Géographique Protégée (IGP), formerly known as Vin lovely glass to go with seafood paella or just outside in the sun! de Pays, and none has seen the inside of an oak barrel. Now-2017 This section represent extraordinary value, perhaps more than ever as most are from the 2015 vintage which has 2015 Creyssels, Languedoc, Picpoul de Pinet, produced stunning wines along the whole Mediterranean 13.5% coast Bottle £8.95 Case £102.03 Code CRE115 Picpoul de Pinet, an appellation near the Bassin de Thau, south- west of Montpellier, has now become deservedly fashionable. It is the traditional accompaniment to the oysters from the local beds near Sète - and not just in the south but in smart Paris bistros too.