CLASSE 2010, MAS COUTELOU

Photos are illustrative only.

TASTING NOTES

EXCLUSIVE WEB OFFER - SAVE A THIRD!

Classe by Mas Coutelou is another stunning wine from this incredible grower. Made without recourse to chemicals (including zero added sulphur) from 100% Carignan, it is incredibly pure, fresh and brimming with dark fruit flavours.

Because this wine is completely natural it doesn't like being drunk fresh out of the bottle and requires a little care when serving. Open it at least an hour in advance and pour it into a jug or decanter to let it breathe. If you can, pour it back and forth between containers a few times to get as much air into it as possible. It's not complicated, but doing this will completely transform the wine and by the time you come to drink it, the beautiful fruit character will really shine forth.

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.

If you haven't tried these thrilling wines yet, what are you waiting for?

All items from Mas Coutelou