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- Expect good wine and you\u2019ll be rewarded.<\/strong> It makes no sense to visit a tiny tasting room of a vineyard you\u2019ve never heard of and expect to find a new Latour.\u00a0 But you can find wines that have evolved over centuries into an expression of the terroir in a region that has only recently come close to its full potential.\u00a0 Contemporary Saint-Chinian wineries are clean, well-run and often organic (or naturel<\/em> as they call it).\u00a0 You may not find great wines in Saint-Chinian but you can taste many very good ones.<\/li>\n
- Consider the prices.<\/strong> What you get for what you pay in Saint-Chinian will astound the average American wine lover.\u00a0 Take a sip of a Rh\u00f4ne-style wine, for example, and ask yourself what it would equate to in California.\u00a0 Only then ask what you\u2019d pay right there.\u00a0 You very well might be given a price under 10 Euros or eleven US dollars.\u00a0 As they say in the car commercials, don\u2019t try this at home!<\/li>\n
- Look for what makes the wines of Saint-Chinian unique<\/strong>. One factor is the contrast of wines from stony schist soil and those from clay or limestone.\u00a0 It is amazing to realize how different the wines from those soils can be. \u00a0\u00a0Considering that they may come from vineyards only a few miles apart is an eye-opener to the influence of terroir on wine.\u00a0 Then look for that unique tang of garrigue<\/em>, the herbal brush that grows everywhere in the region, particularly the hillsides.<\/li>\n
- Admire how far Saint-Chinian wines have come<\/strong>. In the past, you might have tried wine from this AOC \u2013 or all of the Languedoc for that matter \u2013 and found them rough, acidic and maybe just a little off.\u00a0 The local winemakers have realized in this century that there is real value, to themselves and their customers, in biodynamic techniques and sound sanitation.\u00a0 If you can remember the old days, you\u2019ll appreciate the results.<\/li>\n
- Think small<\/strong>. There are no grand houses in Saint-Chinian, even though every winery is Ch\u00e2teau This and Domaine That.\u00a0 They don\u2019t need to reach a mass audience and they don\u2019t try.\u00a0 So just as each wine tells the tale of the appellation, so they each say something about the men and women who tend the fields, nurture the grapes and make the wine.\u00a0 That they do so much so well is a testament to what winemaking on a small scale can be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Of course, tasting wine in Saint-Chinian is just like tasting wine everywhere.\u00a0 Swirl, smell, sip and smile.\u00a0 But there is a difference in approach and attitude.\u00a0 This is a small region in the greater scheme of French wine.\u00a0 It\u2019s not Burgundy or Bordeaux and doesn\u2019t pretend to be.\u00a0 But Saint-Chinian makes some rather fine wines … Continue reading How to Enjoy Tasting Wine in Saint-Chinian<\/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":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067"}],"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=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Consider the prices.<\/strong> What you get for what you pay in Saint-Chinian will astound the average American wine lover.\u00a0 Take a sip of a Rh\u00f4ne-style wine, for example, and ask yourself what it would equate to in California.\u00a0 Only then ask what you\u2019d pay right there.\u00a0 You very well might be given a price under 10 Euros or eleven US dollars.\u00a0 As they say in the car commercials, don\u2019t try this at home!<\/li>\n