On Christmas day it was just my wife and me. We decided to cook a rib of beef with a port based sauce and it was delicious. I selected my last bottle of 2001 Baron d'Aupenac Saint-Chinian from the Languedoc to go with it. We ate delicious food and drank tremendous wine - just us two. The joys of a family reunion had to wait for a couple of days.
The Cave de Roquebrun produces some of my favourite red wines. The Baron d'Aupenac is their top red wine and it compares favourably with the best red wines from France. A quick glance at the back label suggested that the wine could be kept for just 10 years but this wine was going strong after 16. There was a lovely flavour of rich ripe red fruits with a hint of oak.The wine was well integrated with soft tannin. It had a full body and was still concentrated and complex and lingered for a very long time on the palate. It had its own unique flavour and it had all the hallmarks of a great wine but at a reasonable price.
The wine was perfect for an intimate Christmas with rib of beef and good English and French cheeses.
If you are in the St Chinian area of southern France then do not hesitate to pay the Cave de Roquebrun a visit. All of their wines are of the highest quality and they are tremendous value for money. And, they all deserve to be consumed with the best of food.
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