Château de la Liquière - Faugères Nos Racines 2020

Name: Château de la Liquière - Faugères Nos Racines 2020
Brand: Château de La Liquière
Rating: 4 (10 reviews)

Faugères|Red wine|Organic

Languedoc

Red

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Drink or Keep

4/5 (10 customers)

2*Étoiles

Hachette

90/100

RVF

(2019 vintage notes)

carignan

intensity

delicious

attractive

quality-price

Powerful and elegant on the nose, with notes of ripe fruit, black fruit and spices, Nos Racines rouge 2021 is richly aromatic and complex on the palate, combining concentration and freshness with mellow tannins and fine balance. Enchanting!

Features

Estate

Château de La Liquière

Cuvée

Nos Racines

Vintage

2020

Designation

Faugères

Region

Languedoc

Grape varieties

Carignan (2 parcelles de plus de 100 ans), Grenache

Terroirs

Schist soils, at an altitude of 350 metres

Viticulture

Certified organic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Traditional

Breeding

In vats on lees

Alcohol content

14.5%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Dark purple colour

Nose

Powerful and elegant, with notes of ripe fruit, black fruit and spices

Mouth

Aromatic richness and complexity, combining concentration and freshness with smooth tannins, well-balanced.

Serve

AT 15-17°C

Open

1h before

Drink before

2029

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with beef, grilled lamb shoulder, veal sauté with paprika...

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Expert opinion

Decanter

Area rated Recommended

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated wine (guide 2022) 2*Stars (Vintage 2019) (Outstanding wine)

Domaine noté (guide 2024) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

Since the 1970s, this certified organic estate has been one of the jewels in the appellation's crown, appearing in the Guide with unfailing regularity. Boasting a magnificent terroir of 70 small schist parcels (58 ha) that sculpt the landscape, today it benefits from the know-how of the younger generation, inherited from grandfather Jean and father Bernard Vidal, both former presidents of the appellation.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domaine noté (guide 2023) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated wine (guide 2021) 90/100 (Vintage 2019)

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4/5

out of 10 reviews

Note and review by M. GILLES D. Published on 11/06/2022

This cuvee is a welcome reminder that there are still some fine wines to be made from schist terroir that valiantly reflect old Carignan. From the outset, the wine descends into a deep, very deep environment to encounter a high density and complexity of black, very black, ripe, very ripe, almost saturated fruit, and earthy notes that envelop the palate and linger. Back to the surface at last, with just the right amount of tonicity for a superb long finish with a hint of minerality on a carpet of powerful, juicy tannins that are still a little firm. That's an understatement for this 2020, which has only just begun to show its amiable side, and whose best will be to come in two or three years' time. With a little more finesse, it could become a wine for purists. Enjoy at 16° with barbecued Cévennes lamb kebabs, accompanied by a little aligot.