Description

Domaine Lafage 2013 Bastide Miraflors Vieilles Vignes
70% Syrah and 30% Grenache | Alc: 15% – Big and Bold
Cotes Catalanes, Languedoc Roussillon, France

Lafage 2013 Bastide Miraflors pair wonderfully with beef, roast pork, tomato based, pepper, mushrooms or earthy sauces; Bleu d’Auvergne, Camembert, Chevrotin des Aravis, Fourme d’Ambert or Reblochon cheese.
Jean-Marc and Eliane Lafage farm 160 hectares of vines located just south of the capital of French Catalonia, Perpignan. Some of their vineyards are situated a few kilometers from the Mediterranean while others can be found in the foothills of the Pyrenees. This range of sites allow them to make both refreshing whites as well as concentrated reds and, this being the Roussillon, some fortified wines as well.

Critical Acclaim:
“I have loved the wines from Domaine Lafage in the past, and this 2013 Bastide Miraflors Cotes Catalanes is one of the greatest red wine values I have tasted in the last year or so. A custom cuvee put together by Eric Solomon and Jean-Marc Lafage, it is a blend of 70% Syrah and 30% Grenache that spent one year in 80% concrete tank (Grenache) and 500-liter demi-muids (Syrah). From a Roussillon vineyard dominated by gallets roules that resembles many Chateauneuf du Pape vineyards, the wine undergoes a long maceration of six weeks. The result is an inky/blue/purple-colored wine offering a big, sweet bouquet of blueberries, blackberries, acacia flowers, pepper and spice. This full-bodied, opulent, majestic dry red unleashes tremendous ripeness, richness and intensity. One would normally think such a superb, remarkable wine would cost over $50 a bottle, but this beauty is available for an astonishing $14 a bottle. You’ll have to taste it to believe it! It should drink well for 2-5 years.” 93 Pts – The Wine Advocate

Winery

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