{"product_id":"domaine-lafage-blanc-cuvee-centenaire-cotes-du-roussillon-2022","title":"Domaine Lafage Blanc Cuvée Centenaire Côtes du Roussillon 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eLooking for your any-day-of-the-week drinker for the Fall? Well, it’s here! This 92-point dry white from France’s sunny Côtes du Roussillon – made from 40% Grenache Gris, 40% Grenache Blanc, and 20% Roussane – is giving crisp, quenching layers of herbs, orchard fruits, and chalky lemon zest, and for only 15 bucks, it’s convenient to open no matter the day, season, or occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Lafage family has farmed grapes in Roussillon for more than 200 years, long supplying fruit or making fortified wines through local cooperatives. Seventh-generation winemakers Jean-Marc Lafage and his oenologist wife Eliane Lafage met during their wine studies and travelled the wine world over – California, South America, South Africa, and Australia – to work harvests and make wine. They landed back in France in 1996 to formally take over the family vineyards in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean-Marc decided to move away from the model of selling grapes to local co-ops and shift instead to crafting high-quality wines in-house, focusing on their luscious local terroirs. The estate has grown to over 160 hectares across multiple Roussillon areas, and the pair sticks to minimal interventions, regenerative agriculture, old vines, and climate resistance techniques. All of these choices lead to beautiful wines reflective of the regions and soils – this Cuvée Centenaire growing on gravelly clay and stony Quaternary soils steps from the Mediterranean Sea, imparting a chalky, salty minerality into the wine that is flat-out delightful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit was hand-harvested from an average of 100-year-old vines in two passes – one early for acidity, the other later for ripe fruit flavor – and then aged in a mix of stainless steel tanks and new French oak. All of this leads to both brightness and just enough roundness – giving up notes of fresh lemon and zest, cantaloupe, bosc pear, juicy peach, a bundle of herbes de Provence, dusty stones, and salty seashells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA total charmer and just miraculous for a price sitting under $15. Did we mention 92 points? Get plenty for your Fall tablescapes, but this will thrive in the cellar for a good few years, so you may want to double your allocation, actually! Cheers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFOOD PAIRINGS: In the summer I’d say carpaccio or ceviche, but since it’s Fall, let’s go with a whole roasted chicken with plenty of herbs and lemon butter, or a simple cheese board with your favorite accoutrement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Bottle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67553662730537,"sku":"2000514","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/2706\/8457\/files\/DomaineLafageBlancCuveeCentenaireCotesduRoussillon2022_2000514_FB_Rack.jpg?v=1792083123","url":"https:\/\/firstbottlewines.com\/products\/domaine-lafage-blanc-cuvee-centenaire-cotes-du-roussillon-2022","provider":"First Bottle Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}