{"id":678,"date":"2010-03-05T15:51:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T15:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/?p=678"},"modified":"2010-03-05T15:51:58","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T15:51:58","slug":"an-outsider-gatecrashes-the-grand-cru-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/an-outsider-gatecrashes-the-grand-cru-party\/","title":{"rendered":"An outsider gatecrashes the grand cru party"},"content":{"rendered":"

An outsider gatecrashes the grand cru party – what a delight!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or how a wine from the south of France ends up with first place at a grand crus class\u00e9s tasting event.<\/em><\/p>\n

A study on luxury, a blind tasting, a selection of grands crus class\u00e9s and a highly esteemed Master of Wine: the story could have ended here, if Philip Schwander, the said Master of Wine and reputable wine merchant in Switzerland, had not sneaked in an uninvited guest. A \u201csmall\u201d wine from the south of France, subjectively picked out, entered the big league in a blind tasting contest whose sole objective was to taste French-style luxury.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bilanz Tasting<\/em><\/p>\n

Last October, the Swiss Alemmanic magazine Bilanz undertook an extensive investigation into luxury. Prestigious French wines have a pride of place in the temple of taste; they have passion and style. Did Philipp Schwander, mandated by the Bilanz to organize a great wine tasting, want to shake these beliefs? Certainly not\u2026 When he mixed up a P\u00e9trus 1999, Ch\u00e2teau Margaux 2004, a La Tour Figeac 2001, a Cheval Blanc 2001, two Austrian wines and a wine from the south of France, hiding the labels, he could not have guessed that the tasters (non professional but passionate wine connoisseurs) would prefer the modest challenger.<\/p>\n

Among the most reputable wines, Mas Gabin\u00e8le Rarissime red 2006 from the Appellation Control\u00e9e Faug\u00e8res, wins first place.<\/p>\n

Every professional wine taster knows that a tasting is always a combination of random factors, the result of encounters between different sensory faculties at a particular moment; of external sensory conditions that are never completely neutral\u2026 For these reasons, the Bilanz tasting cannot be considered as THE truth but as an EXPERIENCE. An experience that warrants taking a special interest in a \u201csmall wine\u201d from the south of France. A \u201csmall wine\u201d which has the makings of a great one. Is luxury not simply\u2026 pleasure?<\/p>\n

Mas Gabin\u00e8le Rarissime red 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

This wine is made from Syrah, Grenache and Mourv\u00e8dre grapes varieties, on sandstone schist soil, with low yields that never exceed 15hl\/ha. Thierry Rodriguez, the wine-maker, vinifies the wine in the same manner as other grands crus : slow and soft macerations under high temperatures, and ageing exclusively in new barrels from 16 to 18 months.<\/p>\n

Information on the Estate and Thierry Rodriguez wines:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mas Gabin\u00e8le
\n1 hameau de Veyran
\n34490 Causses et Veyran – FRANCE
\nTel : + 33 (0) 4 67 89 71 72
\nFax : +33 (0)4 67 89 70 69<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

www.masgabinele.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An outsider gatecrashes the grand cru party – what a delight! Or how a wine from the south of France ends up with first place at a grand crus class\u00e9s tasting event. A study on luxury, a blind tasting, a selection of grands crus class\u00e9s and a highly esteemed Master of Wine: the story could read more …<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[145,144,143],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":679,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}