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Weinworte

http://www.weinworte.de/sud-de-france-weltweite-synchron-weinprobe

Ovineyards

http://ovineyards.com/english/synchronized-global-wine-tasting-by-sud-de-france-vineyard-party/

Love that Languedoc

http://love-that-languedoc.com/sud-de-france-worldwide-synchronized-tasting-love-that-languedoc/

Wi-not

http://wi-not.biz/2010/06/sud-de-france-wine-tasting/

Sourgrapes

http://www.sourgrapes.ie/2010/06/21/sud-de-france-synchronised-tasting/

Vinivino

http://www.vinivino.com/blog/sud-de-france-worldwide-synchronized-wine-tasting/

http://www.vinivino.com/wine/cremant-de-limoux-grande-cuvee-1531/

http://www.vinivino.com/wine/cigalus-gerard-bertrand-2008/

http://www.vinivino.com/wine/fruite-catalan-rose/

http://www.vinivino.com/wine/domaine-dromadaire-30670-2006/

Have a nice wine today

http://www.haveanicewinetoday.com/proefgedraaid/sud-de-france-synchronized-worldwide-wine-tasting-the-box

http://www.haveanicewinetoday.com/proefgedraaid/wine-1-sparkling-sieur-d’arques-aocaop-cremant-de-limoux-grande-cuvee-1531/

http://www.haveanicewinetoday.com/proefgedraaid/wine-2-white-cigalus-vdpigp-pays-d’oc-cuvee-2008

http://www.haveanicewinetoday.com/proefgedraaid/wine-3-rose-fruite-catalan-aocaop-cotes-du-roussillon

http://www.haveanicewinetoday.com/proefgedraaid/wine-4-–-red-dromadaire-30670-vdpigp-pays-d’oc-cuvee-2006

http://www.haveanicewinetoday.com/proefgedraaid/wine-5-–-sweet-wine-mas-de-madame-aocaop-muscat-de-frontignan-cuvee-2006/

http://www.haveanicewinetoday.com/proefgedraaid/sud-de-france-synchronized-worldwide-tasting-conclusion/

Vinofil

http://vinofil.no/2010/06/sud-de-france-5-smaker-under-solen/

Vinhos de corte

http://www.vinhosdecorte.com.br/sud-de-france-synchronized-worldwide-tasting/

http://www.vinhosdecorte.com.br/sieur-darques-cremant-de-limoux-grande-cuvee-153

http://www.vinhosdecorte.com.br/cigalus-2008

http://www.vinhosdecorte.com.br/fruite-catalan

http://www.vinhosdecorte.com.br/dromadaire-30670

http://www.vinhosdecorte.com.br/mas-de-madame

Vinealia

http://www.vinealia.org/website.asp?ID=9061

Winemag

http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2010/06/21/syncing-up-for-summer/

Viinipiru

http://viinipiru.fi/2010/06/21/viinipiru-ja-sud-de-francen-uraa-uurtava-etela-ranska-tasting/

Vinama

http://vinama.skynetblogs.be/post/7971652/vandaag-21-juni-wereldwijd-gesynchroniseerde-

http://vinama.skynetblogs.be/post/7972161/deel-2–wereldwijd-gesynchroniseerde-degustat

http://vinama.skynetblogs.be/post/7972223/deel-3–wereldwijd-gesynchroniseerde-degustat

Winealign

http://blog.winealign.com/2010/06/21/worldwide-synchronized-tasting-south-of-france-by-john-szabo-2/

Atlanta wine guy

http://atlantawineguy.com/2010/06/21/sud-de-france/

Marcelo Copello

http://www.marcelocopello.com/?p=466

Mojewina

http://mojewina.blogspot.com/2010/06/sud-de-france-degustacja-synchroniczna.html

My slow burning life

http://myslowburninglife.blogspot.com/2010/06/sud-de-france-synchronized-worldwide.html

Wijnlog

http://wijnlog.blogspot.com/2010/06/world-synchronized-tasting-sud-de.html

A wine story

http://awinestory.com/2010/06/sud-de-france-synchronized-wine-tasting.html

Quentin Sadler

http://quentinsadler.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/sud-de-france-synchronised-wine-tasting/

Esalazioni etiliche

http://www.lavinium.com/laviniumblog/5-vini-sincronizzati-targati-sud-de-france.html

Jblog

http://www.jblog.com.br/conexaofrancesa.php

Christian Callec

http://www.christiancallec.com/blog/2010/06/21/sud-de-france-synchronized-worldwide-tasting/

Grapefan’s wine adventures

http://grapefan.blogspot.com/2010/06/sud-de-france-synchronised-worldwide.html

Wine factory

http://winefactory.dk

Tim Atkin

http://suddefrance-export.net/sync-tasting/blog/tim-atkin-comments-on-the-wines/

Michelle Cherutti Kowal

http://suddefrance-export.net/sync-tasting/blog/impressions-from-michelle-cherutti-kowal/

TheWineBlog

http://thewinehub.blogspot.com/2010/06/sud-de-france-synchronized-worldwide.html

Fullybooked

http://suddefrance-export.net/sync-tasting/blog/commentaires-sur-les-vins-de-synchronized-worldwide-tasting

http://www.fullybooked.biz/2010/06/synchronized-worldwide-tasting-at-sud.html

Grande Passione

http://grandepassione.com/blog/2010/06/worldwide_synchronized_tasting.html

Deby Beard

http://debybeard.com/blog/2010/06/catando-vinos-franceses/

Marrian

http://blog.naver.com/NBlogMain.nhn?blogId=marrian&Redirect=Dlog&Qs=/marrian/14010922745

http://blog.naver.com/NBlogMain.nhn?blogId=marrian&Redirect=Dlog&Qs=/marrian/14010918882

http://blog.naver.com/NBlogMain.nhn?blogId=marrian&Redirect=Dlog&Qs=/marrian/14010920933

http://blog.naver.com/NBlogMain.nhn?blogId=marrian&Redirect=Dlog&Qs=/marrian/14010921076

http://blog.naver.com/NBlogMain.nhn?blogId=marrian&Redirect=Dlog&Qs=/marrian/14010921057

http://blog.naver.com/NBlogMain.nhn?blogId=marrian&Redirect=Dlog&Qs=/marrian/14010921483

http://blog.naver.com/NBlogMain.nhn?blogId=marrian&Redirect=Dlog&Qs=/marrian/140109217221

Yusen

http://yusenlin.pixnet.net/blog/post/26832921

Benito’s Wine Reviews

http://wine-by-benito.blogspot.com/2010/06/sud-de-france-synchronized-tasting.html

Vinomaniac

http://www.vinomaniac.tv/videos/70/sud-de-france-synchronized-worldwide-tasting.html

Ledegustateur.com

http://suddefrance-export.net/sync-tasting/blog/ledegustateur-com-compte-rendu-de-degustation/

Virgilio Pronzati

http://suddefrance-export.net/sync-tasting/en/tasting-virgilio-pronzati/

http://www.tigulliovino.it/dettaglio_articolo.php?idArticolo=6410

Academie du vin

http://www.adv.gr.jp/cat/others/1216.html

Micky (Seung-Soon) Choi

http://www.wine21.com/news_view.php?news_code=400&news_seq=32757

Esalazioni etiliche

http://www.lavinium.com/laviniumblog/5-vini-sincronizzati-targati-sud-de-france.html

DenisWineTalk.com

http://www.deniswinetalk.com/viewthread.php?tid=604&page=1&extra=page%3D1#pid978

Karen Ulrich

http://imbibenewyork.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/sud-de-france-a-synchronized-wine-tasting/

Winefond

http://www.winefond.com/wineblog/ReadBlog.asp?id=3135

http://www.winefond.com/wineblog/ReadBlog.asp?id=3136

Larne Wallisson

http://suddefrance-export.net/sync-tasting/en/tasting-comments-by-larne-wallisson/

Rosemary George

http://tastelanguedoc.blogspot.com/2010/07/worldwide-synchronised-tasting.html

The bottles of Dromadaire (red) and Mas de Madame (sweet) had been bruised at the transport and was therefore missing at the tasting.

Sparkling. Crémant de Limoux, Grande Cuvée 1531
Of the around 49 millions bubbles, as could be in a sparkling wine bottle, we did not see many of them. In our glasses the wine died very quickly. The nose was okey. The wine was fresh. In the flavour we find a lot of apple. But there were no after-taste at all. It was an easy wine to drink, but without any volume, we missed the power. On a scale 1-20 we give it 10.

White. Cigalus, cuvée 2008
An excellent wine, said one directly. After the tasting he was the only one who liked it. The first reaction from most of the other nine persons was: to much oak, as takes the fruit away. We find a positive finish. But overall a difficult wine, because we did not find out what food to serve it with. For us the wine has limited resources. On a scale 1-20 we give it 10.

Rosé. Fruité Catalan
We liked the bottle, the red cork and the colour of the wine and we liked the wine as well as had character and a fullness of positive bitterness. A good after-taste. To drink both as a terrace-wine and to food, likes pasta, cheese, soup and even with a dessert like rhubarb/ice-cream. On or scale 1-20: between 15-18.

1° Vino: Grande Cuvée 1531 Crémant de Limoux Brut AOC Methode Traditionelle

All’aspetto èbrillante, di colore paglierino monto scarico. Perlage: fine, continuo, discretante fitto. Al naso si presenta intenso e persistente,abbastanza fine, con netti sentori minerali di pietra focaia e fruttati di pompelmo, limone, mela e mandorla. In bocca è secco, fresco, vivo, molto sapido, leggero ma composto, persistente, con fondo leggermente amarognolo. Retrogusto: sapidità e note fruttate e minerali.

Evoluzione: Ancora giovane.  Voto: 16/20

2° Vino: Cigalus 2008 Vin de Pays d’Oc 2008 di Gérard Bertrand

All’aspetto è cristallino, di colore paglierino intenso. Al naso si presenta abbastanza persistente, fine, con sentori minerali, unori boschivi, fiori di tiglio secchi e mela cotogna. In bocca è secco, appena sapido, caldo, pieno e abbastanza continuo, con fondo amarognolo. Retrogusto: note fruttate, floreali e minerali.

Evoluzione: Pronto. Voto: 15/20

3° Vino: Fruité Catalan Cotes du Roussillon AOC

All’aspetto è cristallino, di colore cerasuolo. Al naso si presenta abbastanza intenso, persistente e fine, con netti sentori fruttati di ciliegia, lampone e ribes rosso maturi. In bocca è secco poco fresco ma sapido, delicatamente caldo, pieno, discretamente continuo con fondo amarognolo. Retrogusto: vena sapida e note fruttate.

Evoluzione: pronto.  Voto: 14/20.

4° Vino: Vin de Pays d’Oc 2006

All’aspetto è limpido, di colore rosso rubino carico con orlo granato. Al naso si presenta abbastanza intenso, persistente e fine, con sentori fruttati di piccoli frutti rossi maturi e lievemente speziati di pepe bianco. In bocca è secco, poco fresco, sapido, caldo, con leggera vena tannica, pieno e persistente. Retrogusto: vena tannica e note fruttate e speziate.

Evoluzione: Pronto. Voto: 14/20.

5° Vino: Muscat de Frontignan AOC 2006

All’aspetto è cristallino, di colore paglierino intenso. Al naso si presenta intenso e persistente, fine, ampio, aromatico, con sentori di fiori e buccia di arancia, confettura di pesca bianca e d’albicocca, e lieve d’ anice. In bocca è dolce ma sapido, caldo, vellutato, di buona persistenza aromatica, con piacevole fondo amarignolo. Retrogusto: note fruttate e speziate.

Evoluzione: Pronto. Voto: 16,5/20.

Considerazioni: buoni vini, in particolare il Muscat e il Limoux, molto caratterizzati dal terroir. Se mi invierà i prezzi di ognuno, ne pubblicherò le rispettive schede.

Con molta cordialità

Virgilio Pronzati

Crémant de Limoux

I like the fact that this wine is very dry. The bubbles are nice and fine, the fruit is youthful, with notes of citrus and pear and there’s an appealing minerality to the finish. Chardonnay does good things in Languedoc sparkling wines.

Fruité Catalan

I’m not a hug fan of the label, or the lurid pink cork, but I supect I’m not the target audience here. The wine is soft and easy drinking, with rosehip and raspberry fruit and pleasant flavours. Could anyone else find the vintage mentioned?

Cigalus

This is consistently among my favourite whites from the south of France: the oak is quite prominent at the moment, but this should settle down in the bottle. The flavours are rich and complex here: peach, honeysuckle, a touch of pear, with vanilla on the aftertaste. It could end up tasting a little heavy, but has lively acidity for balance.

30670

There’s a little bit of reduction on the nose here, but it soon disappears in the glass. The wine is very aromatic, bursting with blackberry, blackcurrant and black cherry friut. I like the garrigue spice and the fact that the wine tastes so obviously Mediterranean. Minty finish with medium weight tannins.

Mas de Madame

Hard to contemplate a South of France tasting without a fortified Muscat. Even though this is a 2006, it still tastes remarkably fresh and grapey: honey and marmalade are the main flavours with nicely handled fortification. It would taste even better with a bowl of strawberries on the first afternoon of Wimbledon.

On the 4th anniversary of establishing the Sud de France brand, live webcast tastings were held in 24 cities around the world. Selection of 5 regional wines were chosen from 430 entries and served blind to participants. Winemakers and Tasters were brought together on the web live to taste and discuss the selections.

I was lucky enough to participant in the London tasting and here are my impressions of the wines….

Wine One- Sieur d’Arques Crémant de Limoux Grand Cuvee 1531

Pale lemon with frothy mousse and persistent bubbles. Aromas smoke mingled with lemon sorbet, green apple. Vibrant acidity with creamy mouth feel with loads of green apples, citrus.

Refreshing fizz, great value for money. 70% chardonnay, 20% chenin blanc and 10% mauzac with 24months on the lees.

Wine Two- 2008 Cigalus Vin de Pays d’Oc, Gerard Bertrand

Pale golden colour with nose of honey, peaches and crushed almonds. Very dry, rich texture with crisp acidity, more stone fruit, stewed apples and quince with a lingering grassy and touch of minerality on the finish.

Austere and serious food wine which will last in the cellar for a number of years. Mainly Chardonnay with Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc. Unusual blend with the sauvignon giving that stony finish. Grapes sourced from Corbières region, with both chardonnay and viognier in barrel for 5-6 months giving the savoury texture to the wine.

Wine Three- 2009 Fruité Catalan AOC Côtes du Roussillon,
Vigneron de Catalan

Lovely bright pink colour with fragrant aromas of red fruit mainly strawberries, red cherries and a whiff of jasmine. Juicy red fruit, fresh acidity hint of aniseed in the background.

Fresh, lively and perfect for the summer. Mainly syrah with Grenache and Carignan made with partial saignée and pressed wine.

Wine Four- 2006 Dromadaire 30670 Vin de Pays ‘Oc

Deep ruby hue with nose of white pepper, black fruit and bacon. Gripping tannins, crisp acidity with earthy, charred flavours mingled with ripe black cherries and finishing with notes of fennel.

Savoury wine very typical of the region with that defining herbal note. No oak used, 60% Syrah and 40% Grenache with both varietals coming through. Each fermented separately and then blended.

Wine Five- 2006 Mas de Madame, AOC Muscat de Frontignan

Pale colour with pungent aromas of orange blossom, tangerine, honey and peaches. Delicate body, sweet and fragrant with more tropical fruit. Spirit well integrated.

From one of the largest growers of Muscat in the region, 2006 first vintage from the winery and a fantastic debut. Pretty wine that captures the essence of Muscat.

Final Thoughts

Great tasting and good selection of wines- only wish there were more to taste!!