Retour Clos des Augustins - IGP Pays d'Oc - Les Popes - Rouge - 2022
COUNTRY/REGION: Languedoc
DESIGNATION: IGP Pays d'Oc
COLOR: Red
VINTAGE: 2022
GRAPE VARIETY: 70% syrah, 30% grenache
ALCOHOL: 12.5 vol.
CONTENT: 75 cl
The tasting
Color Red beautiful intensity with some purple reflections, brilliant.
Nose Without any woody aspect, the nose reveals dominant red and black fruit flavors supported by small touches of crushed blackberries.
Palate This wine releases a fruity, crunchy, juicy, and salivating palate revealing a delicate, fresh, and light ensemble accompanied, of course, by a typical Languedoc temperament!
The sommelier's advice
Temperature Serve between 16 and 18°C.
Food Delicatessen platter, grilled meats, vegetable tian, simple and convivial family cooking.
Cellar ageing From now until 2027
The estate and the wine
The estate and the wine ​​Another flawless year for this flagship estate of the Pic Saint-Loup, which is well-known for its sincere and authentic wines. Once again, Clos des Augustins has created refreshing wines that stand out in a landscape of overpowering southern ones. Elegance and indulgence are here at their best, combining purity and simplicity with tremendous success. The fruity flavors, carried by one of Languedoc's freshest terroirs, will never cease to delight us.
Wine The 2022 red IGP Pays d'Oc Coulée des Popes is, as always, a gourmet and crisp wine filled with fruity delight. The aromas of red and black fruits dominate, in an efficient palate filled with fresh and crunchy flavors of fruit, perfectly digestible, with a concentrated and elegant structure. A 100% fruity wine, with a strong Languedoc identity, where finesse, freshness, and lightness merge. A great success accessible to all.
Vinification Hand harvested, cold pre-fermentation maceration, 20 days fermentation, for a good extraction of the aromas, in thermo-regulated tanks, pumping over, punching down and delestage.
Aged for 9 months with rotation in old barrels and stainless steel tanks.

Organic wine, certified.
AWARDS
AWARDS Wine rated 92/100 by our Committee!