{"title":"Chateau des Deux Rocs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Languedoc is a wild and twisted place, and parts of it look like the American southwest. We think of it as hot, and its wines as ripe. But more and more, wine-makers are discovering the nooks and crannies that are actually cool, where wines of finesse can be produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe early \"cool\" site wines, from pioneers like Mas Jullien or Mas de Daumas Gassac, have a bit of a problem. They may possess far more finesse than typical Languedoc, but they also carry a far higher price tag. But now we have a new, very welcome trend: producers finding these cool nooks and crannies and making fresh, affordable wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJean-Claude Zabalia is a talented wine-maker who went looking. He found Cabrières, where they make mostly rosé. He figured, if they can make easy-drinking pink wines, then surely they can make easy-drinking red wines too? So he went to the isolated valley of Crozes, where he found the highest-elevation vines in the area: Syrah and Grenache, around 40 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of going all fancy and making the next Mas de Daumas Gassac, Zabalia elected to make an extremely high-quality table wine. Kermit Lynch now imports it and the value remains astonishing even after paying for transportation across the Atlantic Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/chateau-des-deux-rocs.oembed","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}