{"id":1625,"date":"2020-08-31T17:15:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2020-08-31T17:34:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T17:34:40","slug":"chateau-de-la-liquiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=1625","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u00e2teau de la Liqui\u00e8re"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you happen to be travelling through Cabrerolles in Languedoc in southern France\u2026Wait, nobody just happens<\/em> to be travelling through Cabrerolles.\u00a0 For one thing, it\u2019s little more than a blip on the map; a hamlet, not even a full-fledged village.\u00a0 For another, it\u2019s in the wine producing area of Faug\u00e8res, which isn\u2019t close to anything.\u00a0 And the roads to get there are small, winding and hilly.\u00a0 If you go there, you mean to be there.<\/p>\n

But the visit is worthwhile, because there you will find the tasting room of Ch\u00e2teau de la Liqui\u00e8re (http:\/\/www.chateaulaliquiere.com\/new\/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112&catid=34&lang=uk<\/a>) .\u00a0 It cannot be said that la Liqui\u00e8re is well-known in the United States, but it is occasionally available.\u00a0 We first encountered their wine, specifically their Les Amandiers label, on a restaurant wine list.\u00a0 We enjoyed it so much that we decided to make the trek to Cabrerolles to taste their other wines.<\/p>\n

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You drive across a valley where la Liqui\u00e8re has its vineyards.\u00a0 As you pull into the hamlet on the main (basically the only) road, you\u2019ll see a sign pointing up a hill to the winery.\u00a0 Park at that sign and walk 100 meters.\u00a0 There you\u2019ll find a filigreed iron gate that welcomes you into a quaint tasting room.\u00a0 If no one is there to greet you, just shout \u201cAllo\u201d and someone will descend from the office above to offer you a tasting.<\/p>\n

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The tasting room is rather dark, with only one small window, and the floor is made of paving stones.\u00a0 There is a small bar but you\u2019ll probably want to taste your wines at the barrel with a board on top of it.\u00a0 La Liqui\u00e8re makes eleven wines \u2013 red, white and ros\u00e9 \u2013 and you may find yourself confounded, as we were, when your server asks you, \u201cWhat would you like to taste?\u201d\u00a0 You don\u2019t want to be piggy and say \u201call of them\u201d nor is that safe.\u00a0 So just shrug and indicate you\u2019d like to know their best wines.\u00a0 (They speak a little English, poorly.\u00a0 If you can struggle through a little French as well, you\u2019ll be fine.)<\/p>\n

We found that the wine we had drunk back home was near the bottom of their list.\u00a0 The server was delighted that we had had the opportunity to try the Les Amandiers (available in all three colors) in America and told us that they had much better wines than that.\u00a0 And indeed, two of la Liqui\u00e8re\u2019s reds are bold, tannic red wines made of Rh\u00f4ne grapes.\u00a0 Their Cistus label is made of Syrah, Grenache, Mourv\u00e8dre and Carignan.\u00a0 The top of the line, Tucade, is primarily Mourv\u00e8dre, with some Grenache and Carignan.\u00a0 These are age-worthy wines and indeed the Tucade ought to be put down for some time before opening.<\/p>\n

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Like all Faug\u00e8res wines, those at la Liqui\u00e8re are quite minerally.\u00a0 This derives from the schist soil makes up the ground in the hills.\u00a0 It\u2019s a taste that is distinctive and not to everyone\u2019s liking.\u00a0 We do like it and we have found la Liqui\u00e8re to be among our favorites in Languedoc.\u00a0 Also typical of the better wines in the region today, la Liqui\u00e8re\u2019s wines are \u201cnature\u201d, the equivalent of organic.\u00a0 If you want to learn about the wines of Faug\u00e8res, la Liqui\u00e8re is worth the trip.<\/p>\n

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If you happen to be travelling through Cabrerolles in Languedoc in southern France\u2026Wait, nobody just happens to be travelling through Cabrerolles.\u00a0 For one thing, it\u2019s little more than a blip on the map; a hamlet, not even a full-fledged village.\u00a0 For another, it\u2019s in the wine producing area of Faug\u00e8res, which isn\u2019t close to anything.\u00a0 … Continue reading Ch\u00e2teau de la Liqui\u00e8re<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1637,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}