Le Vin des Amis, Mas Coutelou - 2024

Name: Le Vin des Amis, Mas Coutelou
Brand: J. F. Coutelou
SKU: 27129
Price: 25.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

750 mL

Item # 27129

Jean-Francois is a third generation winemaker. The vines are planted in clay and limestone based soils in the Languedoc. Surrounding the vineyard, there are also 400 olive trees, almond trees and fig trees. A red wine with a unique, bold character. Enjoy with stews.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2024

Country

France

Region

Languedoc-Roussillon

Producer

J. F. Coutelou

Grape Variety

Carignan

Grenache

Syrah

Production Methods

Certified Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard. Certified in the country of origin.

Staff Pick Notes

Mas Coutelou’s Vin des Amis is what you get when you take care of the land and leave your hand out of the cellar. Vibrant, energetic wine that humbly strives only to impart pleasure and gratification. Jeff Coutelou has been farming organically for over 40 years. In that time he’s planted thousands of trees and shrubs to shield his vines from neighboring chemicals. He plows sporadically, and spread some plant based compost. In the cellar, Jeff is totally hands off adding no yeasts or sulfur. His approach is to let nature make the wine. A sniff and a sip will have you notice that this wine is full of life. It smells of plums, grapefruit, and purple flowers. The palate is silky and fresh. There’s a tickle of CO2 and acidity. The name says that the wine is meant to be shared with friends. Difficult, as you may want a bottle to yourself.

- CP

About the Producer

Puimisson, Languedoc Mas Coutelou

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Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

Carignan

Grown all over Europe and the Americas, Carignan (a.k.a. Carignane, Carignano, and Cariñena) is seldom seen as a 100% varietal wine. Many appellations of Languedoc-Roussillon must include a certain percentage of Carignan, but it is rarely the dominant grape in these blends. For years, this naturally high-yielding grape suffered from overproduction, but New World winemakers have lately taken up the Carignan cause and produced some distinctive and delicious examples. Now that it is subject to...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...

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