2021 Cotes du Rhone Khayyam
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Persian poet Omar Khayyam gives the namesake for this wine, famed for his hundreds and hundreds of works praising the art of drinking wine. As we are in the Rhone, and Mas de Libian is a purist, this is mostly Grenache, with its noble knights - Mourvedre and Syrah, protecting and supporting one another. Silky, plummy, dark berried and lightly herbal with a hint of spice. Decant it, it won’t hurt it. Traditionally we look to the Rhone when we need failsafe medium bodied, boozy, fruit ripe red...Read More...
Persian poet Omar Khayyam gives the namesake for this wine, famed for his hundreds and hundreds of works praising the art of drinking wine. As we are in the Rhone, and Mas de Libian is a purist, this is mostly Grenache, with its noble knights - Mourvedre and Syrah, protecting and supporting one another. Silky, plummy, dark berried and lightly herbal with a hint of spice. Decant it, it won’t hurt it. Traditionally we look to the Rhone when we need failsafe medium bodied, boozy, fruit ripe reds. More and more though we see producers like Mas de Libian exploring better sites across this wide appellation, and making wines that exude a much more precise, memorable sense of self. Old vines, chemical free, an appreciation of history.
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