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The Six Million Dollar Man Is Not Biodynamic

Sean Sellers  in Red Wines, Biodynamic, Minervois , , , ,

The 2004 Belle de Nuit…Made of minervois by the French winemakers Sylvie and Michel Escande at their 35 hectare estate in Languedoc, the bottle containing the 2004 Belle de nuits does everything it can to stand out as different from the typical French wine. (In fact, it looks more New World-South American, then French. If European winemakers are looking for a way to compete with New World wines on style and looks, they would do well to follow the example made by the Escacndes.)

At first sniff, the image is good one, as the cork has the distinctive smell of olives, while the taste is earth, soft, and somewhat reminiscent of the garlic cloves often served with bowls of Spanish olives. InterWined was promised weeks ago, by the wine sellers at Oddbins that the 2004 Belle de nuit was worth every penny of its £13.99 price tag. And they were right: 9.0.

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