Mas Jullien, rouge

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  • Languedoc
  • Red
  • Unit
  • Boire/Garder
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Mas Jullien, rouge

A complex nose with aromas of glazed cherries, blackberries, spices and scrubland.

A powerful mouth that opens out onto hints of liquorice, star anise, cocao, leather and pepper before a long finish with silky tannins.

An outstanding wine.

Notes :
  • Bettane + Desseauve 18.5/20
  • La Revue du Vin de France 16.5/ 20

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Wine characteristics

  • Vintage : Mas Jullien, rouge
  • Year : 2012
  • Appellation : Terrasses du Larzac
  • Colour : Red
  • Grape types : 40 % Mourvèdre, 40 % Carignan, 20 % Syrah
  • Soil : varied
  • Harvest : manual
  • Type of viticulture : non-certified organic
  • Contenance : 75cl

Tasting - Cellaring

  • Appearance : deep garnet
  • Nose : red and dark fruit, scrubland
  • Mouth : powerful, elegant and fresh
  • Serving temperature : 16°C
  • Cellaring : 10 to 15 years
  • Drink from : 2016
  • Winemaking process : fermentation in demi-muids
  • Maturation : 24 months in casks

Food-matching

  • Food-matching : lamb meatloaf stuffed with thyme and rosemary

Experts reviews :

  • Bettane + Desseauve

    Rated wine : 18.5/20

  • La Revue du Vin de France

    Rated wine : 16.5/ 20

Domain :

This 18-hectare vineyard of highly varied soils offers a range of wines that reflects this wealth of terroir and local grape varieties. Each bottle belongs to the elite of Languedoc.  

Appellation :

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This is the wine-growing area that has made the greatest progress in terms of quality over the past 30 to 40 years, morphing from coarse reds into a multitude of quality wines with very distinctive characteristics. For some time now, the whites have also kept pace with the reds.

There are 245,000 hectares of vineyards, producing 1,245,000 hl of wine, mainly reds.

The region is situated between the Massif Central, the Corbières and the Mediterranean, covering a wide range of ‘terroirs’ and appellations. There’s shale, sandstone, pebbles, limestone and alluvial deposits.

The climate is very much mediterranean, with hot summers and irregular and poorly distributed rainfall.

The grape types currently planted, apart from carignan, often date from after the Second World War, in line with the subsoil. This makes for complex, exciting wines.

Reflecting this dynamism, many of the vignerons produce wines that are non-AOC (vins de pays, table wines, etc.) as they keep on searching for quality and originality.

The Languedoc has 11 AOCs, the main ones of which are Coteaux du Languedoc, Saint-Chinian, Faugères, Minervois, Minervois-la-Livinière, Fitou, Corbières, Limoux and so on.

Recent vintages

  • 2011: good year for whites, which are well-balanced and fresh. The reds are more even.
  • 2012: the reds are mature and fresh, with lower alcohol content. The whites are fresh and fragrant.
  • 2013: the finest vintage since 1998. The reds display freshness, quality tannins and fragrant finesse. The whites blend good balance with maturity and acidity.
  • 2014: fresh, tender reds to be drunk young. Tonic, aromatic and fresh whites.

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