Apologies if this is behind a paywall. A retired Paris businesswoman fell in love with goats, now has a herd of ~500 free-range, munched 2 hectares (5 acres) of Vermentino in Corbieres and are hard at work decimating neighboring vineyards.
Thoughts:
I thought Vermentino was called ‘Rolle’ in France.
I thought Corbieres would be too hot for it anyway.
Dan Kravitz
If only the South Africans hadn’t bagged the ‘Goats do Roam’ label…
Are the farmers allowed to shoot them?
I’m old enough to remember Goats do Roam. Fortunately, no gunplay or expat bears were necessary… Brigitte Bardot saved the day with a fence.
I was reminded of this infamous caprine tragedy/crisis as I threw back a functional bottle of the 2023 Dom. De Fontsainte ‘Gris de Gris’ [Corbieres] over a couple of afternoons. This rose is a very pale (farmed!) salmon color, light bodied and low abv at 12.5% abv, with a savory/salty/beach character. It’s very ‘crushable’ as a half bottle disappeared as I assembled a charcuterie table for the teens’ homecoming pre-portait snacks. I’m not sure what ‘gris de gris’ really means, but it’s solid, although like many KLWM wines richly priced at frontline prices, especially when considering the context how/where/when rose is consumed i.e. quickly and casually. If pressed for some classification, I’d put into the B zone - noting that the only rose I find memorable is the odd Bandol.
PS: I like the dry red Corbieres from this address more, but see it less frequently nowadays.
Vin gris, or “gray wine”, is a pale rosé wine with very little if any skin contact.
This rosé is made of Grenache Gris. Hence, it is Vin gris de Grenache Gris, or, Gris de Gris.
Too bad Juan Gris never owned a vineyard or there could have been a Gris de Gris de Gris.
Care for a glass of GdGdG, sir?
You, of course, would own a Mag of Gris de Gris de Gris.
It’s just a matter of degree.
Gris is the word
Love that wine! Ridiculously quaffable and well priced. Their red is great too, rustic and juicy
I aGris completely
