Ryan O’Connell’s Languedoc Wine Site: Virgile Joly, La Peira, Daumas Gassac visit with Aimé Guibert…

Ryan O’Connell of Love That Languedoc and O’Vineyards with Parents Liz and Joe

Set on bringing the Languedoc to your Laptop and Living Room

Ryan O’Connell, is an extraordinary young man, who on top of making wine with his family (O’Vineyards), has an excellent site (Love that Languedoc Wine) that looks like it may develop into an incredibly comprehensive resource on the wines and wine producers of the Languedoc-Roussillon.

Ryan recently visited our domaine and recorded an episode  with Jérémie Depierre at the chai at La Peira. Link below or click on image.

Other Videos linked to the images below include his tastings with Virgile Joly in his Saint Saturnin cave, Juliet Bruce Jones, MW  (who has her own Blog here), Plo Roucarels, and his look around Daumas Gassac with Aimé Guibert. 

Tasting and Chat with Virgile Joly in his Saint Saturnin cave (In English/French to come)

Ryan chats with  Jérémie Depierre at La Peira and tastes some young wines (In English / The French Episode tasting the 2007s is here)

Aimé Guibert’s tour of  the Daumas Gassac vineyards.

Our colleague Jérémie Depierre turns 30 today

We Happy Few

 

Our colleague Jérémie Depierre turns 30 today. 

We first met him in a interview situation. It was after lunch, and running late, we arrived to see him with his feet up on the desk reading a book. Nonchalant. But Monsieur Depierre is a very convincing chap, so it was not surprising we asked him to work with us. Perhaps the only surprising thing is he accepted. Maybe at the time he didn’t know what he was getting into…

The evening he arrived we had a lovely dinner at the Restaurant Mimosa, and over dinner and a stunning bottle of La Grange des Pères 2000, explained the almost supernatural faith we had in the vineyard, and how accordingly we were duty-bound to live up to it, and how if we were not to make the finest wine the region had seen since the introduction of vines a few hundred years before the birth of Christ, we should account ourselves the most disgraceful bunch put on the face of the earth. 

We believed in our blessed plot, and that with serious viticultural work certain soils of our region can sing of excellence in a unique and exciting voice…Moreover we believed – to co-opt the words of William Blake – An untended vine of any age puts all heaven in a rage.

As a job description it was a little overwhelming…

Berry Bros gives La Peira Property a Great Write-up (Just in time for Jeremie Depierre’s Birthday)

 

We really want to start posting about the work on the vineyard in 2009 but….

Jérémie Depierre, whose winemaking experiences at La Pèira have seen him change from a youth into somewhat of a battle-scarred veteran, is turning 30 on the eleventh of this month. 

We’re trying to make him feel good about this momentous occasion and thought this might help. 

We’ve worked with Jérémie from when everything was running on belief and scraps of faith. So no change there…

Berry Bros. &  Rudd’s great La Pèira write-up

 

Simon Field MW’s story on how he came across La Pèira

Andrew Jefford’s article on La Pèira can be found here -  and his article on the Terrasses du Larzac  - here

Mr Jefford’s site is here 

Berry Bros. & Rudd can be found here

A fine photo of Jérémie Depierre concentrating can be found here

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Discover these four fantastic wines from one of our most exciting new finds from the Languedoc, La Pièra. Located close to the iconic Mas De Daumas Gassac and la Grange des Peres, this property seems destined, at the very least, to share their very fine reputation.

New In: La Pèira

I have, for several years, been privileged to taste alongside Andrew Jefford on the Decanter Wine Awards Languedoc panel. Andrew’s knowledge of the region and his beautiful descriptions of the wines are without equal. It was therefore hugely exciting when he introduced me to La Pèira, with the unequivocal assurance that this was probably the most exciting new property that he has ever come across in this region.

Tasting the wines, it was easy to see why; every single wine is an absolute stunner; from the magisterial complexity of the white, Deusyls, through to the three reds which pretty much cover the spectrum of expectation from a great red wine; Les Obriers is fruity yet dense, Las Flors is rich yet magnificently intricate and La Pèira en Damaisèla is a terrific vin de garde, worthy of extended cellaring.

One may not be able to ascent the poetic Olympus of Jeffordian description, but one is certainly fully in agreement with his opinion and completely bowled over by the quality of the wines. Located close to the iconic Mas De Daumas Gassac and la Grange des Peres, this property seems destined, at the very least, to share their very fine reputation.

 

(Simon Field MW, Berrys’ Rhône Buyer)

 

 

 

 

 

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