Domaine De La Grange des Peres Vin de Pays de l'Herault Rouge 2022 CS20230516 Drop it into a Negroni

Drop it into a Negroni or a Tom Collins and it stays legible under everything else in the glass

Nose of delicately poached pears

very smooth

so each bottle carries a thread running back through decades of the house's history

slightly chilled

Domaine De La Grange des Peres Vin de Pays de l'Herault Rouge 2022 CS20230516 Drop it into a NegroniRemarkably rare with virtually unheard of discounted pricing. La Grange des Peres is one of the Languedoc's most coveted wines, a cult bottle that lands on collectors' lists and almost never on retail shelves. Founded by Laurent Vaille with his brother Bernard, and now made by Bernard following Laurent's death in 2021, the estate famously refuses AOC status, defiantly labeling everything as Vin de Pays de l'Herault. The red is a tiny production blend