Château de Valflaunès
Pic Saint-Loup - Fabien Reboul
Decanter magazine described talented Fabien Reboul as 'one of a new generation of stars in Pic St Loup', a northern area of Languedoc that is blessed with a wild beauty that carries through to its wines.
Reboul accumulated his wine-making experience through his extensive travels through Côtes du Rhône, Burgundy (Corton Charlamagne), Oregon and the Dry River winery in New Zealand, before returning to his native village, Valflaunès due north of Montpellier, to make his first wine in 1998.
We had to wait for twelve months to get our hands on this tranche of wines, his Espérance cuvée (Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Carignan), and then waited a further eight months to get the top cuvées (T'EM T'EM, Syrah and Grenache and Un peu de Toi, Syrah and Carignan), which is made in such small quantities that the majority is snapped up by the home market well before it is even in barrel. But it was certainly worth waiting for! (A word of advice for anyone visiting the Domaine - beware the neighbour's dogs!)
Craggy and remote Pic St-Loup, in the north of the Côteaux du Languedoc region, is where Château de Valflaunès has about 13ha (32 acres) of vines; half of those being syrah. Fabien Reboul is totally dedicated to his art of producing smooth, richly concentrated and fruity red wines and he strives to be the best. His obvious passion in all things vinous and his friendly welcoming nature makes him a charismatic man and we are delighted to have his wines on our list.
Espérance is consistently at the top of our best sellers in our shop in Larkhall.
Decanter magazine described talented Fabien Reboul as 'one of a new generation of stars in Pic St Loup', a northern area of Languedoc that is blessed with a wild beauty that carries through to its wines.
Reboul accumulated his wine-making experience through his extensive travels through Côtes du Rhône, Burgundy (Corton Charlamagne), Oregon and the Dry River winery in New Zealand, before returning to his native village, Valflaunès due north of Montpellier, to make his first wine in 1998.
We had to wait for twelve months to get our hands on this tranche of wines, his Espérance cuvée (Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Carignan), and then waited a further eight months to get the top cuvées (T'EM T'EM, Syrah and Grenache and Un peu de Toi, Syrah and Carignan), which is made in such small quantities that the majority is snapped up by the home market well before it is even in barrel. But it was certainly worth waiting for! (A word of advice for anyone visiting the Domaine - beware the neighbour's dogs!)
Craggy and remote Pic St-Loup, in the north of the Côteaux du Languedoc region, is where Château de Valflaunès has about 13ha (32 acres) of vines; half of those being syrah. Fabien Reboul is totally dedicated to his art of producing smooth, richly concentrated and fruity red wines and he strives to be the best. His obvious passion in all things vinous and his friendly welcoming nature makes him a charismatic man and we are delighted to have his wines on our list.
Espérance is consistently at the top of our best sellers in our shop in Larkhall.
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Just had the 2010 version and this really is super wine, one I'll be going back for more of. It's nice to know that a relatively local shop stocks it, especially for my friends in Bath.
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