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Coteaux du Languedoc, an excellent wine produced in the south of France, just north of Spain. More precisely, at the beginning of the pays des Cathars.
In the 80's and 90's, Coteaux du Languedoc was bad quality wine. It was produced for quantity and not for quality; it was cut with a plethora of other wines, it wasn't pure. Then along came great new wines in Chile, Australia, and California, to name a few. The producers in Languedoc were obliged to revise their wine making methods, concentrating on quality versus quantity.
Today, the wines are pure Languedoc. They have an affirmed character, structure, and depth--a great personality. I drank a 2008 tonight and regaled in its odor and delighted in its taste.
Try some!
Gros bisous du bon vin et a demain!
Love, Charley
p.s. I received an email from a reader this morning. "We used to bottle Coteaux de Languedoc 30 years ago. We would bring up huge cubutainaires from the south by train and go to my ex's parents 'cave' and bottle it in any old bottle we could find and then cover the tops of the bottles with wax. Today the wine is absolutely excellent and there must be a hundred bottles left in his parent's 'cave'. I think I miss that wine more than I do the ex!"
A great story! Thanks for the email.
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