Wine Advocate on La Peira (Languedoc): "Wines That Need not Fear Comparison With any of the World's Wine Icons"

Wine Advocate on La Peira (Languedoc): "Wines That Need not Fear Comparison
With any of the World's Wine Icons"

SAINT SATURNIN, France, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Parker's Wine
Advocate has awarded its highest score ever for the region of the Terrasses
du Larzac to La Peira, topping domaines such as Mas de Daumas Gassac, Grange
des Peres and Mas Jullien.
In all, the domaine's wines, over the last three vintages, received the
highest scores the Wine Advocate has awarded to any domaine in its history of
reviewing the Languedoc.
"Wines that need not fear comparison with any of the world's wine icons"
and "among the very greatest wines of the Languedoc" were among the Wine
Advocate's assessments of the La Peira flagship wine.
The publication goes on to detail the property's background:
"La Peira en Damaisela is the property of London-based composer Robert
Dougan, located between Jonquieres and Aniane, on two adjacent parcels of no
known previous distinction, but to which in 2004 instinct led him either with
remarkable prescience or remarkable luck. The deep alluvial fan that is the
basis for this site is only barely tilted, as it might be in St. Helena or
Rutherford, St.-Estephe or Pomerol ... and these comparisons will not seem
inapt once you experience the quality of La Peira's wines."
Sea Change in the Languedoc
Such reviews are consistent with a sea change in the production of
quality Languedoc wines. The report on the region notes of 'so much talent
clamoring for attention' and, 'an amazing willingness', among growers to
'pursue quality with determination and passion.'
Eris Asimov, writing in the The New York Times (The Languedoc Raises Its
Game - September 15) concurs, observing in his recent round up of the region,
that the 'level of high quality in the winemaking was unexpectedly consistent'
Excellent Values
The report (entitled The Best of Values in the Worst of Times) also
highly praises the second - and the entry level - wines of La Peira,
garnering scores usually associate with a domaine's premiere wine.
Las Flors de La Peira (rated 93-94/94/93 over the 2005-2007 period):
"This puts me in mind of a great Pomerol. For as far-gone on sheer
ripeness and decadence as it is, this retains a wonderful sense of lift and
elegance"
Obriers de la Peira (rated 92/90/91-92 over the 2005-2007 period):
"At its price, it represents an amazing value which I cannot imagine any
wine lover not wishing to buy as much of as he or she could and to follow in
bottle"
This again is not atypical of the region as a whole.
As David Schildknecht, writing for the Wine Advocate, observes: While the
quality of the top wines of the region is 'striking', what is more so is the,
'enormous number of modestly-priced bottlings that approach or reach a
comparably exalted level of quality', and further, that, 'what counts as
expensive is not, when considered alongside the wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy,
Catalonia, Napa, the Northern Rhone, or other celebrated regions.'
Stockists for the wines of La Peira can be found at:
http://www.wine-searcher.com/
About La Peira:
La Peira is a wine domaine started in 2004 in the Herault region,
Languedoc - committed to transforming the Terrasses du Larzac appellation and
producing world-class wines. The domaine produces three reds (La Peira, Las
Flors de la Peira, the entry level Obriers de la Peira) and a white
(Deusyls.) The wines are available through Eric Solomon's highly regarded
European Cellars in the USA through retail outlets such as Zackys, K & L
Wines, Wine Library, and the Wine Exchange. In the UK the La Peira wines
imported by Fields, Morris & Verdin, noted importers of Bodegas Vega Sicilia,
and Ridge Vineyards amongst many others, and its parent company Berry Bros. &
Rudd.
For further discussion on this and other topics about the domaine please
visit the La Peira Blog:
http://lapeira.wordpress.com
SOURCE La Peria

For additional information contact: La Peira: Robert Dougan (UK) :
+44-(0)7734-103988 or roth@aol.com, Jeremie Depierre (France) :
+33-(0)4-67-44-79-48 or dejerpierre@yahoo.com