Le Loup Blanc - Le Régal rouge 2018

Name: Le Loup Blanc - Le Régal rouge 2018
Brand: Vignoble du Loup Blanc
Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)

Minervois|Red wine|Organic

Languedoc

Red

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3.8/5 (5 customers)

14,5/20

RVF

"A sensation of raspberry on the finish for this blend of Grenache, Carignan and Syrah, aged in concrete vats, which lives up to its name!" (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2020 - RVF) This cuvée is the estate's blended wine, bringing together Carignan, Grenache and Syrah from more than 10 different plots. A deep red, full of fresh fruit, with a smooth, easy-to-digest balance. Dense and nervy, its juicy flesh delivers tasty licorice notes. A complex expression of the Loup Blanc terroir!

Features

Estate

Vignoble du Loup Blanc

Cuvée

Le Régal

Vintage

2018

Designation

Minervois

Region

Languedoc

Grape varieties

50% Grenache, 40% Carignan, 10% Syrah

Terroirs

Clay-limestone, sandstone and pebble soils

Viticulture

Certified organic and biodynamic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Natural with indigenous yeasts

Breeding

12 months in concrete vats

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Pretty garnet-red colour

Nose

Deep, intense black fruit flavours

Mouth

Dense and lively, lovely juicy flesh with hints of liquorice, suave, easily digestible balance.

Serve

AT 15-17°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink before

2022

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy on a chicken tagine with spices, almonds and prunes...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (2020 guide) 1*Star (A serious, recommendable production, in line with what one has the right to expect from its appellation(s))

About the domain :

This attractive estate comprises 18 hectares of vines divided into small parcels located in Bize, in the Minervois des Causses part of the Montagne Noire foothills terroir, at the northeastern end of the appellation. This estate is making real progress. Vinification is moving towards gentler, less intensive extractions, so the wines are gaining in fruit precision and fresh balance. As a result, they are pleasant to drink, greedy and enjoyable, while retaining the estate's trademark tension and vitality. These Minervois wines are complemented by a range of particularly well-crafted igp wines from the Aude region, whose names are obviously linked to those of the estate.

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

Wine rated (2020 guide) 14.5/20 (Good wine)

Domain rated (guide 2021) Selected (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the domains that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the wine:

A raspberry finish for this blend of grenache, carignan and syrah, aged in concrete vats, which lives up to its name!

About the domain :

Domain Created in 2002 by four wine-loving partners from Saumur, Le Loup Blanc offers Minervois wines blended from Languedoc grape varieties. Work in the vineyard immediately focused on organic and biodynamic farming. The expression of each cuvée remains precise: here we find wines to drink on the fruit, but also fine cuvées for ageing. The property houses two comfortable, tastefully decorated gîtes.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.8/5

on 5 reviews