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Mas Jullien - Terrasses du Larzac Autour de Jonquières rouge 2021

Languedoc

Red

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Drink or Keep

97/100

Bettane & Desseauve

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92/100

RVF

(2020 vintage notes)
complex
superb
rarity

"A legendary Mas Jullien cuvée with extraordinary balance, where complexity and depth add a superb dimension".

The "Autour de Jonquières" cuvée comes from a dozen or so plots around the village. The plots were chosen for their complementary qualities. Olivier Jullien has worked with this in mind, to create a cuvée that synthesizes all these parcels and sublimates them. The wine gains in complexity and depth. Limited quantities only!

Features

Estate

Mas Jullien

Cuvée

Autour de Jonquières

Vintage

2021

Designation

Terrasses du Larzac

Region

Languedoc

Grape varieties

Carignan, Mourvèdre, Syrah et Grenache

Terroirs

A selection of plots, mainly composed of limestone gravel on the high terraces of the Hérault and the last foothills of the Larzac.

Viticulture

Certified organic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Total destemming, 15 to 25-day vatting depending on grape variety and terroir, gentle extraction by punching down and/or pumping over, temperature control, fermentation with indigenous yeasts.

Breeding

12 months in small tuns, then a further 8 to 12 months in concrete vats

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Intense ruby with burgundy highlights

Nose

Complex, with leather and animal notes, but also hints of sweet spices, blackcurrant and blackberry.

Mouth

Powerful, beautiful aromatic intensity, long finish with notes of tart candy and liquorice, set with fine tannins.

Serve

AT 18°C

Open

1/2 hour before decanting

Drink from

2024

Drink before

2040+

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy a gardiane de Taureau at the Terrasse du Larzac, game, grilled meats...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Rated (guide 2024) 97/100 (Vintage 2020)

Domaine rated (2019 guide) 4*Stars (Very high quality producers, the glories of the French vineyard)

About the wine:

Mourvèdre and Carignan are complemented by 15% Syrah. Full-bodied and exceptionally well-balanced on the palate, the juice is splendid, saline and generous, but without the excesses of 2020. As is often the case, this is one of the great vintages of the vintage.

About the domain :

Settled in Jonquières, west of Montpellier, Olivier Jullien's intuition and intelligence have enabled him to raise the quality of the region's wines to the highest level, and he has led a whole generation of young winemakers to follow in his footsteps. He set up in 1985, and his estate now comprises 18 hectares of land with a wide variety of soils (clay-limestone, silica, sandstone), cultivated without certification (the estate was certified in the past) in an unclaimed organic farming approach to avoid dogma. Autour-de-Jonquières corresponds to the original terroir of Mas Jullien on parcels of essentially limestone scree. Carlan comes from schist at altitudes of 200 to 400 meters, and a new cuvée, Lous-Rougeos, comes from high-altitude terroirs that were almost abandoned, at the foot of the collapsing Larzac plateau. All the reds are at the very top of the Languedoc and fully evoke its typicity, with notes of sage, garrigue and thyme complemented by constant freshness. They evolve slowly and age admirably. Great whites and rosés too.

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

Rated (guide 2024) 92/100 (Vintage 2020)

Domaine rated (guide 2021) 3*Stars (They represent the excellence of the French vineyard. The best terroirs cultivated by the greatest winemakers. Tasting their wine is always a magical moment)

About the domain :

More than any other Languedoc winegrower, Olivier Jullien commands the admiration and respect of his peers. From the terraces of Larzac, he is one of the main architects of the renaissance of rigorous viticulture, in search of combinations and nuances between the variety of soils and the use of indigenous grape varieties. The sincerity of this visionary, who shuns competition, shines through in his deep, digestible and generous wines, southern in their intensity and diversity of flavors, rather than simply in the ripeness of the grapes and their illusory richness in alcohol. Fresh, full-bodied reds, meticulously matured to shine over fifteen years of ageing, as well as a magnificent white that stands out from the crowd, make this estate a benchmark.

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