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Domaine de Fontsainte

by Anthony Lynch

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Bruno and Yves Laboucarié
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2025 Languedoc Rosé “Gris de Gris”

Domaine de Fontsainte

France |  Languedoc-Roussillon

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“By actions, not words, Richard Olney taught me the virtues of the daily apéro, which is French slang for an aperitif. My Webster’s defines aperitif as “an alcoholic beverage, especially wine, taken before meals to stimulate the appetite.” Taken? Well, that’s not why I “take” aperitifs.   And there is a French definition from 1750: “qui ouvre les pores, les catiaux, les vaisseau.” Quite physical, that one, the apéro serving to open one’s pores, blood vessels, and assorted other bodily systems. Serving to open… an opener, that’s the apéritif. Aperture is from the same root. An apéritif opens the evening, the meal, the festivities, and it might as well also open up oneself.   When I used to drive up the steep, narrow driveway to Richard’s place in Provence, we would embrace in the French style, then sit down under his arbor of grape vines for an aperitif. As the sun sank lower and lower, a bowl of black olives would appear, slices of saucisson, and iced radishes with butter and salt. The wine flowed, as did the conversation.   Often the aperitif was a cheap little dry white or rosé, always well chosen. Richard referred to them as mouth rinse. What a wonderfully unsnobby perspective! He ordered Fontsainte’s Gris de Gris several cases at a time.”

2022 Corbières Rouge “Réserve La Demoiselle”

Domaine de Fontsainte

France |  Languedoc-Roussillon

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Carignan is to the Languedoc what Syrah is to the northern Rhône or Mourvèdre to Provence: a grape variety deeply intertwined with the region’s history and identity, and a vehicle for translating its diverse terroirs in a deep, dark, and soulful package. What makes the Languedoc unique is that top bottlings, such as this one, can still be found at what would be entry-level prices in other regions. The Demoiselle parcel at Domaine de Fontsainte highlights Carignan planted in 1904—a historical landmark made up of thick, gnarled stumps deeply rooted in dusty soils. These vines have been soaking up Mediterranean sunshine for the past century and a quarter, and they give it all back in each bold, toothsome, rosemary-scented sip.

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