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Coteaux du Languedoc - Montpeyroux Alain Chabanon (Domaine) L'Esprit de Font Caude 1998

  • Black fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: Red
  • Biodynamics
  • 14% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

Alain Chabanon’s iconic cuvee, quite simply one of the great Languedoc wines. A gastronomic wine par excellence, its freshness and density make it eminently drinkable. More info

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 slightly marked label, 1 slightly scuffed label, 1 slightly stained label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Languedoc
  • Appellation/Wine: Coteaux du Languedoc - Montpeyroux
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Coteaux du Languedoc - Montpeyroux Alain Chabanon (Domaine) L'Esprit de Font Caude serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Parmentier de sanglier, Brie, Bleu de Bresse.

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Coteaux du Languedoc - Montpeyroux Alain Chabanon (Domaine) L'Esprit de Font Caude

The wine

The domain’s emblematic cuvee. It’s one of the great Languedoc wines. It’s raised for 36 months, of which 24 in oak barrels, which have seen two or three wines, generally Bordelais Grands Crus. A great gastronomic wines with a lovely long finish. Once again, Alain Chabanon has made a remarkably fresh wine, given its density, a style which evokes the best side of Bordeaux, in other words an easy drinking, digestible wine.

Information about domain Alain Chabanon

After studying enology, Alain Chabanon settled in Montpeyroux at the end of the 1980s. The vineyard is now spread over about 20 hectares of vines which lie on the communes of Jonquières, St André, Lagamas, St Saturnin and Montpeyroux. The domain has been certified organic since 1992 and biodynamic since 2010. Alain Chabanon produces fine, original wines, with extraordinary aging potential. This domain is one of the jewels of the appellation.

Detailed characteristics

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 slightly marked label, 1 slightly scuffed label, 1 slightly stained label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
  • French customs seal: no
  • Alcohol percentage: 14 %
  • Country/Region: Languedoc
  • Appellation/Wine: Coteaux du Languedoc - Montpeyroux
  • Vintage: 1998
  • Color: Red
  • Service temperature: 16°
  • Viticulture: Biodynamics 
  • Volume: 4700 bottles
  • Intensity: Classic
  • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
  • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
  • Grape variety: 50% Syrah, 50% Mourvèdre
Coteaux du Languedoc - Montpeyroux Alain Chabanon (Domaine) L'Esprit de Font Caude
Coteaux du Languedoc - Montpeyroux Alain Chabanon (Domaine) L'Esprit de Font Caude

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Coteaux du Languedoc - Montpeyroux Alain Chabanon (Domaine) L'Esprit de Font Caude 1998

iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format