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17/20 jancisrobinson.com "The colour is insanely dark and purple for such an old wine! It smells not unlike Madeira with a tang of game bird well-hung and definitely a kick of VA. Rich and rippling with muscle. It’s a curious cosplay of old wine with very, very youthful features. Some of the fruit tastes of prunes and raisins steeped in coffee, but there are flashes and pops of fresh raspberry and pomegranate. And dried rose petals. And, as Falmet suggests, more than a hint of cigar, especially on the finish. The tannins have the dustiness of an old library long unused, but the playful grip of a wine in the tank. It’s fascinating. Earthy ending. I would go with the game bird thing or maybe beetroot and puy lentils if I was putting this elegant, interesting wine on the table. (TC)"

Terres Falmet Cuvée A Contre Courant 2008 Saint-Chinian

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From Yves Falmet:

My ‘A Contre Courant’ label is made from grapes from the oldest Carignan and Grenache plots in my vineyard.

But what makes this wine outstanding is its maturation under a veil of yeast for four years.

Wines matured under a veil of yeast are characterised by the spontaneous development of yeasts which form a veil on the surface of the wine in contact with the ambient air (during its barrel ageing phase).

This technique, which is uncommon for wine because of the risk of acetic souring when stored in containers with ullage, gives it specific aroma and flavour characters of fig, tobacco and candied cherry and a substantial finish on the palate.

Of the very few wines matured this way, Vin Jaune from Jura is particularly renowned, but there are no red wines.

By maturing a red wine using this technique, I am actually going counter to modern standardised winemaking, hence the name of the wine, which means "flying in the face" of established standards and the "tastefully correct".

This is a wine I have created for true wine enthusiasts, those who do not resign themselves to the standardisation of taste, to stereotyped and uniform wines, in short, to the prevailing trend for ultra-conformism.

Country

France

Alcohol ABV

ABV 13.5%

Region

Languedoc

Dietary Requirements

Vegan

Sub-Region

Saint-Chinian

Grape Varieties

Carignan, Grenache

Vivino Rating

Vivino Rating: 4

Producer

Terres Falmet ›

Colour

Red

Vintage

2008

Closure Type

Cork
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Critic Review

17/20 jancisrobinson.com "The colour is insanely dark and purple for such an old wine! It smells not unlike Madeira with a tang of game bird well-hung and definitely a kick of VA. Rich and rippling with muscle. It’s a curious cosplay of old wine with very, very youthful features. Some of the fruit tastes of prunes and raisins steeped in coffee, but there are flashes and pops of fresh raspberry and pomegranate. And dried rose petals. And, as Falmet suggests, more than a hint of cigar, especially on the finish. The tannins have the dustiness of an old library long unused, but the playful grip of a wine in the tank. It’s fascinating. Earthy ending. I would go with the game bird thing or maybe beetroot and puy lentils if I was putting this elegant, interesting wine on the table. (TC)"

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