irresistible roussillon…
Côtes du Roussillon Villages Segna de Cor Domaine Le Roc des Anges 2007
SOLD OUT IN THREE HOURS!
I have never done this before: tasted a wine, and immediately asked for fifty cases from a grower I knew previously only by reputation - even though Le Roc des Anges probably didn’t have that much to sell, and will never produce enough wine for an ongoing relationship with Moore Brothers. Sommeliers at Michelin-starred restaurants in France buy every drop. But I couldn’t resist asking.
If you’ve ever enjoyed a fine Châteauneuf-du-Pape, or experienced a great Priorat, you don’t need to ask if you will like this wine. The difference is that even the best wines from this northwestern corner of Roussillon cost less than a third of the price of either one.
I know I live a charmed life, but I doubt that I charmed young Marjorie Gallet who grew this miracle of nature. I can only assume that I asked at the right time. All fifty cases have arrived. Forty-nine are available.
$22 per bottle until the wine is sold out. *
* Frank tells me that if there were a “regular price” it would be $26 per bottle. This is certainly worth more. No further discounts apply in this offer.
SOLD OUT IN New York
SOLD OUT IN New Jersey
SOLD OUT IN Delaware
Domaine Le Roc des Anges:
In 2001, after finishing her studies at Montpellier and working briefly for Gerard Gauby, another prominent Roussillon grower, Marjorie Gallet acquired vineyards on the north slope of the Força Real, a mountain of dark weathered schist near the town of Montner in the upper Agly valley. The “Roc des Anges” is a vein of quartzite running through the deep schist in one of her vineyards, and is the source of the old-vine Carignan in this wonderful plush wine.
This Wine:
2007 produced nectar-like wines throughout southern France, and has been called the finest Roussillon vintage in decades. This wine has a dark purple color, almost black at the center. The nose is rich with crushed violet and black fruit aromas, and the flavors range from black raspberry and fennel through ripe cassis and chocolate. This is a monumental, velvety wine, but remains bright and refreshing because of its fine minerality and acidity. The problem? It’s too easy to drink, and the bottle is too small.
As always at Moore Brothers, this great wine was shipped to us in refrigerated containers. You won’t find it in better condition, even at La Galinette in Perpignan where Domaine Le Roc des Anges heads the list of local wines.
I wish you and all you love a Happy New Year, and thank you again for your continued support of small-farm viticulture and the stewardship of these authentic traditions.