Ep. 957 Map 10 South of France | Jumbo Shrimp Maps

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There's a large IGT area here of the pay dock allowing for many styles and also for lots of experimentation and innovation. There are also a series of key appallations. We'll tackle each part separately. Two key influences that you need to be aware of in this southern region of France are the influence of two different wins. The mistral, a cold wind coming from the north, and the tramontaine, a cool wind from the west. Both of these aid in cooling the vineyards, allowing for premium great production. Let's look a little bit at the grape varieties that are grown in this large area and then look in more detail at specific appylations. So for our black grape varieties, there is a continuation in the theme we see in the southern Rome. Gronash, very suited to the warm climate here. Sierra on the other hand tends to prefer the cooler sites with the influence of the cooling winds or some altitude in order to gain the best from it. We also have pockets of Mulved and Sanso here. One of the key grapes in this southern area is Karan Yang. This is widely grown and it's naturally high in tannin, acid, and color. Now it has, in recent years, been thought of as a very rustic grape variety, which can lack fruit or finesse. However, some old vine carignan on very poor soils can produce incredibly powerful complex quality wines. And there has been some success in using carbonic and semi carbonic maceration to control the tannins and produce fruitier wines. However, the trend is still for less planting of caron yan and more focus on other varieties. In particular, there's been an increase in the production of merlot and cabinet sauvignon here, largely for wines that are verietly labeled within the large IGP of the pay dock and very successful in blends. Following that trend in the white grapes, there is large plantings here of chardonnay and sauvignon blanc. Again, for this production of high volume fruity IGP wines in the pay dock. We have some vigner here, again, echoing the southern rhone. We have muscat used for sweet fortified wines and Granache Blanc for these peachy wines. In addition, we also have claret, or Raulay, and Picpool. Italian wine podcast. If you think you love wine as much as we do, then give us a like and a follow anywhere you get your pods. Many of the styles here, both in the IGP, and the regional appylations of Langwoodock and Rousion, are focused on blending. Should be noted that the wines of the coat, Dorousillon, are found in the hills, so there's more concentration, the best villages of which actually take village status here. Let's take a quick look at some of the Appelastion controller that you should know for your wine exams. First up, let's talk about Fitu. So these are coastal wines, but it's very warm here still. So they are full bodied. In land, we have an area that are exposed to altitude. Therefore, gain a little bit more freshness and tend to be lighter. Next up, we have the wines of Corbier. Now this is an area really cooled by the tramontaine, so it's possible for blends to retain a lot of freshness here, and you might see a slightly higher percentage of syrup in the blend as a result, obviously, in the red wines. The wines of the minuvoir vary in style a lot due to different richness of soil and exposure to cooling influences. So you might find wines here that are very full, very complex, and others that are much lighter and fresher. Very much depends on the microclimate within the minnewire. There is a key white grape app elastion here of Pickball de biena, where we find the planting of Pickpool. Now the sea breeze influence here helps maintain the natural acidity of this great, giving relatively neutral, but very refreshing wines, a little bit of a salty character, very suited to the seafood here. Heading east along the coast, we come to the large Appalachian Controlet of cote de provence. Now, at provence, this landscape has lots of hills, the protect from the mistral wind, but channel the cooling influence of the sea. It's most famous for the Rosay wines here, blended wines from Granache and Sanso in particular, but there are some white and red wines here. But really coach provence focused on rose and really setting the international standard these days for pale color light bodied with grapefruit and red fruits. Close by, we also have Bandol. This is an Afelacron Controlet for premium red, full bodied, powerful wines with long suitability for aging made from Muvedge. There's lots of south facing slopes here that are used to ripen the tannins of this grape, and they have licorice and bramble characters. Speaking of aging, join me on the next episode when we begin our discussion of Bordeaux. Thanks for listening to this episode of Italian wine podcast brought to you by Vineetli Academy, home of the gold standard of Italian wine education. 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