I was lucky enough to enjoy a wonderful Fete de Vin Primeur this week. This is a celebration held every year at this time, when the first wine of this year's harvest can be opened. Being France, a party is held to celebrate! I went along to a little party being held in Beziers in the Languedoc region with a few of my friends. It was at a lovely Wine, Charcuterie, Cheese and Chocolate shop (I don't think that combination can get much better!) by its owners and their family in their little barn at the back of their shop.
Their wonderful wine shop above and below Drew, myself, Fergus
and Deborah with our wine!
We tasted several new wines from 2013, a Chardonnay to begin with, a Sauvignon Blanc and 2 Red wines which were a mixture of various grape varieties such as Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Carignan and Pinot Noir. As they had only been fermenting for 2 months at most, they were very good wines.
I preferred the white wines as they were very fruity and floral on the nose and palate which I think suits a white wine, rather than a heavy oaky taste.
The red wines were very light, but had a strong woody flavour to them from their alcoholic fermentation in the barrel, but they were easy to drink and enjoyable with a light meal.
We were treated to a plate of cured meats which the red wines went well with. We also had a plate of their cheeses, a Goats cheese, Roblechon, Gruyere and a Comte with some quince paste and some crusty sourdough bread. To finish we had some delicious chocolates which ended our evening perfectly!
It was a lovely celebration of this year's wine of 2013!
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