Good "Peasant Wines" from Languedoc-Roussillon

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Hugh Sisson,

Al Spoler

Published February 8, 2017 at 5:20 PM EST

Languedoc-Roussillon is a major wine region in southern France. Al and Hugh give their picks for some good rustic wines from this area.

Ch. La Dournie "Etienne" St. Chinian '12 *1/2

(Very rustic peasant wine, good with roast game)

Ch. Haut-Gléon Corbieres '12 **1/2

(Balances rusticity with elegance, syrah in the fore)

Ch. de La Condamine Corbieres '14 **1/2

(Benefits from 50% grenache, great nose, warm mouth-filling wine)

Ch. Mignan, Minervois '14 *** $ MAJOR VALUE

(A very elegant concentrated red with touches of cognac)

Hugh Sisson

As General Partner of Clipper City Brewing Company, L.P., Hugh J. Sisson is among Baltimore's premier authorities on craft brewing and a former manager of the state's first pub brewery, Sissons, located in Federal Hill. A fifth generation Baltimorean, Hugh has been involved in all aspects of craft brewing.

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Al Spoler

Al Spoler, well known to WYPR listeners as the wine-loving co-host of "Cellar Notes" has had a long-standing parallel interest in cooking as well. Al has said, the moment he started getting serious about Sunday night dinners was the same moment he started getting serious about wine. Over the years, he has benefited greatly from being a member of the Cork and Fork Society of Baltimore, a gentlemen's dining club that serves black tie meals cooked by the members themselves who are some of Baltimore's most accomplished amateur cooks.

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