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La Croix Gratiot - Languedoc Le Chant des Dolia rouge 2021

Languedoc

Red

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Drink or Keep

92/100

RVF

spicy
silky
elegant
red berries
chocolate
beef tenderloin

"Rare and delicate!"

"Le Chant des Dolia rouge is more serious, with a sustained tannic structure and seductive spicy aromas. Its substance and chewiness herald a cuvée that will age well." (Le Guide RVF 2024). To be discovered!

Features

Estate

La Croix Gratiot

Cuvée

Le Chant des Dolia

Vintage

2021

Designation

Languedoc

Region

Languedoc

Grape varieties

Mourvèdre, Syrah, Grenache

Terroirs

Clay-limestone soils surrounding the Thau Basin, Mediterranean climate, sea breezes and the scents of the garrigue.

Viticulture

Certified organic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Grapes vinified separately, daily cap punching, fermentation with indigenous yeasts

Breeding

Half-muid for Syrah and Grenache, Dolia for Mourvèdre

Alcohol content

13%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Deep purple hues

Nose

Fresh, spicy and mineral, aromas of jammy red fruits with notes of black pepper and graphite.

Mouth

Elegant, with precise tannins, smooth and enveloping, perfect balance and good length.

Serve

AT 16-18°C

Open

1/2 hour before

Drink before

2029

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with confit pork belly with Pardailhan turnip purée, faux filet of Aubrac beef and Morello cherry Arlette, or a chocolate savarin for gourmands....

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Expert opinion

Guide Hachette des vins

Guide Hachette des vins

Domain rated (guide 2025) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

Oriented towards melon cultivation and a contributor to the cooperative winery, the estate took a major turn in 2004 with the creation of a winemaking cellar. In 2009, Anaïs Ricôme joined her father Yves at the head of a 35-hectare vineyard (organic), created a new range and developed sales.

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

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

Wine rated (2024 guide) 92/100

Domaine rated (2025 guide) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winegrowers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)

About the wine:

Chant des Dolia rouge is more serious, with a sustained tannic structure and seductive spicy aromas. Its depth and chewiness herald a cuvée that will age well.

About the domain :

Anaïs Ricôme is the benchmark for Picpoul de Pinet, producing wines of great purity from this beautiful clay-limestone terroir. The appellation produces some of Languedoc's finest whites, marked by the sea breezes, straightforward and iodized, from the piquepoul grape variety. After studying viticulture and oenology and gaining experience in a New Zealand vineyard, her father, Yves, suggested she take over this estate near Marseillan. Having just settled in, she made some drastic decisions: to reduce the vineyard's surface area, in order to better control the level of quality, to convert the estate to organic farming and to use certain dynamic organic practices. Aging is very light, with priority given to stainless steel, sandstone and old foudres. The result is brilliant, powerful and energetic wines of great precision. Quality is once again the order of the day.

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