SWIRL WINE BROKERS® La Peira – 6046352998559

Wine Information:
APPELLATION: Terrasses du Larzac
VARIETY: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsault, Carignan
AGE OF VINES: 10–50+
FARMING: Practicing organic
SOIL: Clay limestone, deep alluvial gravel soils
ALTITUDE: 100 meters
FERMENTATION: Hand harvested, destemmed, pre-fermentation maceration, natural yeast fermentation in tank
AGING: 18 months in 600L and 300L French oak barrels, 20% new

Ratings & Reviews:

94-96 points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate: 

“The 2012 Coteaux du Languedoc Terrasses du Larzac La Peira is similar in style, with lively and fresh cassis, black raspberry, graphite, licorice and cedar notes flowing to a medium to full-bodied, profile on the palate. Pure, focused and nicely concentrated, enjoy it over the coming 10-12 years. One of reference point producers in the Languedoc, and in my view, easily one of the top estates in all of France, La Peira en Damaisela was created in 2004 by Australian composer Rob Dougan, with the talented Jeremie Depierre making the wines. Covering 11 hectares of gravely, rocky soils in the Terrasses du Larzac region, they produce a single white, based on Roussanne and Viognier, and four red cuvees; the Cinsault/Carignan-driven Les Obriers; the Grenache heavy (includes 25% Syrah and smaller parts Mourvedre, Cinsault and Carignan) Las Flors de La Peira; their top wine, the La Peira, which is a 60/40 blend of Syrah and Grenache; and a tiny amount of pure Mourvedre, the Matissat.” (JD 4/2014)