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<\/a>Mas d’Andrum<\/strong><\/address>\nRoute de Meynes<\/strong><\/address>\n30129 Redessan<\/strong><\/address>\nFrance\n<\/strong><\/address>\n0033- 4 66202335<\/strong><\/address>\n
Date tasted:\u00a0 September 13th, 17:05 (5:05pm) – 12.5% Alcohol with synthetic cork<\/span> The 17 ha Mas d’Andrum estate is located in the Costi\u00e8res de N\u00eemes AOC<\/a><\/em><\/span>, in the South East corner of the Languedoc in France.\u00a0 The Costi\u00e8res de N\u00eemes AOC was once considered part of the Languedoc region until 2004 at which time the Costi\u00e8res de N\u00eemes AOC was attached to the Rh\u00f4ne region since the typicity of the wines was more like the wines of the Rh\u00f4ne.<\/p>\n Mas d’Andrum was established around year 2000 by Stephan and Carolina du Toit of Mont du Toit Wines<\/a><\/em> of the Western Cape in South Africa.\u00a0 They enlisted the help of the late Bernard Breuer (Weingut Georg Breuer, Rheingau<\/a><\/em>) and Bernd Philippi (Weingut Koehler Ruprecht, Pfalz) to get the project off the ground and it is my understanding that Bernd Philippi still has some involvement.<\/p>\n This is the very first vintage (2004) of the Andrumette and is a blend of Syrah and Grenache in equal shares. The grapes come from vineyards that are up to 50 years old.\u00a0 The terroir is characterized by big red stones down to a depth of up to 8 meters called “galets”, similar to those found in the Ch\u00e2teauneuf du Pape region. The grapes were harvested at optimum maturity, hand sorted and vinified with the skins\u00a0 for about 30 days in cement vats where the wine was left for two years.\u00a0 The wine was bottled in 2006 without filtration. The price is 89 Norwegian Kroner<\/a><\/em>. Keep in mind that taxes alone account for more than half the price of this bottle, so that being considered, this is a rather inexpensive bottle of wine.<\/p>\n
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