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Faugères La Maison Jaune 2014

  • Black fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: Red
  • 14% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Full-bodied

One of the domain’s great cuvées, produced from sixty-year-old vines. You will enjoy its silkiness, opulence and persistence. Perfect with red meat in sauce. More info

This cuvée is made from 60 year-old vines and is one of the great cuvées of the Alquier estate. Its colour is dark, with a nose that gives way to notes of ripe fruit (blackcurrant and blackberry) and spices. Supple and luxurious on the palate with a lengthy finish, this wine can be kept for around ten years. Both viticulture and vinifications were natural, with minimal intervention. The 20-day vatting period took place at 30°C with punching down. The wine was raised in barrels for 16 to 18 months.

Faugères La Maison Jaune serve at a temperature of 14°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Bavette grillée, Canard braisé aux petits pois, Bleu d Auvergne.

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Faugères La Maison Jaune

The wine

This cuvée is made from 60 year-old vines and is one of the great cuvées of the Alquier estate. Its colour is dark, with a nose that gives way to notes of ripe fruit (blackcurrant and blackberry) and spices. Supple and luxurious on the palate with a lengthy finish, this wine can be kept for around ten years. Both viticulture and vinifications were natural, with minimal intervention. The 20-day vatting period took place at 30°C with punching down. The wine was raised in barrels for 16 to 18 months.

Information about domain Bardi d'Alquier

Jean Michel Alquier oversees this estate nested in the heart of the Faugères appellation. Jean-Michel Alquier has continued the family tradition passed down to him from his father and grandfather, producing wines which combine finesse, complexity, and expression of terroir. The vineyard encompasses 12 hectares, 11 of which are devoted to producing red wines, where the schistic soil of the hillside slopes are mainly given over to Syrah and Grenache Noir.

Detailed characteristics

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 good appearance
  • Origin: Trade
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
  • French customs seal: yes
  • Alcohol percentage: 14 %
  • Country/Region: Languedoc
  • Appellation/Wine: Faugères
  • Producer/Owner: Jean-Michel Alquier
  • Vintage: 2014
  • Color: Red
  • Service temperature: 14°
  • Viticulture: Sustainable farming 
  • Size (in ha): 12
  • Intensity: Full-bodied
  • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
  • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
  • Grape variety: 70% Grenache noir, 25% Syrah, 5% Mourvèdre
Faugères La Maison Jaune
Faugères La Maison Jaune

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