A few years back, the Chevalier du Comanderie en Faugeres, deep in the heart of the Languedoc chose to make me a “Chevalier” or Knight for my more than 20 years of promotion of wine in the region. I guess buying the wines from there also for as long didn’t hurt either. Now, on every trip to the Languedoc I make a point of visiting the region to see what’s up and check on a few wineries.
One that needs to find their way to the USA is Mas D’Alezon, overseen by the charming Catherine and her daughters. Without going into tasting notes mode, I remember the old days of Alquier, before the brothers split the winery and vineyards up, and their wines stopped being the stunners that they were. Mas D’Alezon’s reds remind me of that long gone era, especially the two very different red blends, a stunning Mourvedre based one and an equally impressive Grenache based wine. There are then the whites, and of course the Pinot Noir and Viognier wines from daughter Alex’s own Domaine de Closvallon.
I’ll have more on another Faugeres producer shortly.
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