Gold Medal Sommelier Wine Awards SWA 2018

Gold Medal Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2018

Decanter 2019 Asia Wine Awards 86/100 

Full bodied and delightful with spicy aromas and flavours.

100% Syrah

Food pairing:  Mediterranean food, spicy dishes, sauce meats, game and cold-cuts.

Serving temperature:  17-18°C 

Tasting notes:

Syrah has a very dark colour and a fairly syrupy appearance. 

It has aromas of wild berry fruits (raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants), spices, cinnamon and a touch of mint. 

It is very rich and fat on the palate with a long, silky finish. 

This is a wine of a rare complexity.

Soil: 

This Syrah comes from 20-year-old vines, planted on hillsides at an average altitude of 150 m in the region of Nîmes (deep Rhône river soils), the Béziers plain (thick clay and limestone soils) and the Aude Valley (poor limestone soils). 

The vines are pruned according to the «Gobelet» (free standing) and «cordon de Royat» (trellised) methods. 

The yield is relatively low (40 to 50 hl/ha).

Winemaking:

Two vinification methods are used.

A long maceration period for 70%, a carbonic maceration (fermentation of whole

grapes) for 30%. 

About 10% of the final blend is aged in oak barrels.

La Cour des Dames wines, 

hailing from different Pays d’Oc terroirs, pay homage to an

illustrious period in Occitan culture.

The troubadours, celebrated poet-musicians, devoted themselves to lyric art and courted

ladies. 

Using their oratorical talents at sumptuous banquets served in their honour, they

also introduced their audiences to wine tasting.

By combining wines, gastronomy, music and poetry they were the precursors of a certain

Mediterranean art of living that has lasted to the present day.