OUEST 2001, MAS COUTELOU

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TASTING NOTES

'Roberson are now offering four wines from Coutelou, including two quite incredibly good value 2001s ... My favourite of the two was the bordeaux blend Mas Coutelou, Ouest 2001 Vin de Pays des Coteaux de Murviel which has amazing intensity and subtlety, and only 12.5% alcohol, but the richer, prunier Mediterranean blend Mas Coutelou, Sud 2001 Vin de Pays des Coteaux de Murviel (clever names) is also stunning value.'
Jancis Robinson MW
Wine of the Week on JanicsRobinson.com, 13/05/2011

A blend of 50% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Syrah, when we first tasted this wine we were shocked by how well it had aged. Think top quality Bordeaux with a touch of the exotic. Very supple and polished. Improves with a decant. All in all, a very, very serious wine for the price.

PRODUCER NOTES

The wines of Mas Coutelou, made by Jeff Coutelou in the village of Puimisson in the Languedoc, are some of the best value, most exciting, pure and drinkable wines we ship. These are 'natural' wines of the best sort - they don't taste tainted or unusual, apart from being extrordinarily delicious. An instant hit with customers, press and staff alike, Coutelou's wines have to be some of the greatest bargains ever to grace our shelves.

Mas Coutelou was one of the earliest estates in France to be officially certified as organic (back in 1987) and nowadays Jeff Coutelou is renowned as one of the foremost producers of ‘natural' wine in the Languedoc-Roussillon. This extends to using virtually no sulphur (a very rare and difficult exercise) in order to preserve absolutely the purity and elegance of the old-vine fruit. Jeff only makes the wines that suit a specific vintage, so if that means introducing a new cuvée in one year or skipping vintages of an existing wine because the conditions don’t suit, then so be it.

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