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2015 Faugères “Jadis”

Domaine Léon Barral
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Mostly Syrah grown organically in pure schist, vinified whole-cluster in cement tanks and punched down with wooden jousts, then aged for two years in ancient wood, Jadis is Syrah done Didier Barral’s way. You can’t simply call it natural or non-interventionist, because Didier intervenes in the vines more than most people do—constantly thinking and experimenting with techniques that harness nature’s inherent ecosystem and attempting to grow the most perfect grapes possible to support his hands-off regimen in the cellar. Didier doesn’t add anything to his fermented juice—you can smell and taste that this wine was produced on a living, breathing farm, deep in the French countryside. It has not been inoculated or pasteurized to protect it from the vagaries of the outside world. Store and serve cool.

Dixon Brooke


Technical Information
Wine Type: red
Vintage: 2015
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: 50% Carignan, 30% Syrah, 20% Grenache
Appellation: Faugères
Country: France
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Producer: Domaine Léon Barral
Winemaker: Didier Barral
Vineyard: 30 to 60 years, 10 ha
Soil: Schist
Aging: Aged for 24 to 26 months in barrel (10% new oak)
Farming: Biodynamic (practicing)
Alcohol: 14.2%

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About The Region

Languedoc-Roussillon

map of Languedoc-Roussillon

Ask wine drinkers around the world, and the word “Languedoc” is sure to elicit mixed reactions. On the one hand, the region is still strongly tied to its past as a producer of cheap, insipid bulk wine in the eyes of many consumers. On the other hand, it is the source of countless great values providing affordable everyday pleasure, with an increasing number of higher-end wines capable of rivaling the best from other parts of France.

While there’s no denying the Languedoc’s checkered history, the last two decades have seen a noticeable shift to fine wine, with an emphasis on terroir. Ambitious growers have sought out vineyard sites with poor, well draining soils in hilly zones, curbed back on irrigation and the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and looked to balance traditional production methods with technological advancements to craft wines with elegance, balance, and a clear sense of place. Today, the overall quality and variety of wines being made in the Languedoc is as high as ever.

Shaped like a crescent hugging the Mediterranean coast, the region boasts an enormous variety of soil types and microclimates depending on elevation, exposition, and relative distance from the coastline and the cooler foothills farther inland. While the warm Mediterranean climate is conducive to the production of reds, there are world-class whites and rosés to be found as well, along with stunning dessert wines revered by connoisseurs for centuries.

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Inspiring Thirst

I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.

Inspiring Thirst, page 171