La Clape

I tasted this wine at a supermarket wine fair recently. It is from La Clape a sub-region of Coteaux de Languedoc. I had met the Cru of La Clape before, when I present one of its wines many years ago at one of the PWC dinners. La Clape goes back a long way, to when the rocky outcrop now known as the Massif de La Clape was offered by Julius Caesar to some of his trusted legionaries. They started growing vines and making wines here, giving the place over 2000 years of wine growing history. The reds are made from Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre. Tha example tasted was a deep purple ruby, with a nice berry nose. It was slightly sweet with a berry fruit palate, giving way to a tannic acid backbone.