{"id":3906,"date":"2020-11-03T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T09:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/closcenteilles.com\/?page_id=3906"},"modified":"2020-12-01T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T14:53:30","slug":"guigniers-de-centeilles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/closcenteilles.com\/nos-vins\/guigniers-de-centeilles\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Guigniers de Centeilles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The delicate Pinot Noir, which forms the base of this cuv\u00e9e, is a variety which has been present for a very long time in the Languedoc, as confirmed by the abundant winemaking literature of the 18th and 19th centuries.<\/p>\n

So the Guigniers de Centeilles is not presented under the anonymous label of a varietal wine, but on the contrary, wishes to be the faithful expression of a terroir.<\/p>\n

Presented as a wine from the C\u00f4tes du Brian area, it comes from the village of Trausse-Minervois, whose whole life was, until quite recently, lived to the rhythm of the cultivation of the \u2018guigne\u2019 cherries (morello cherries or \u2018griottes\u2019 in Occitan).<\/p>\n

The terrible June wind, fearsome for the young plants\u2019 fragile shoots, is the \u201ccherry wind\u201d (because it blows at the time when the cherries ripen);  the village festival is the cherry festival; in short, cherry-growing was, until recently, the main activity in this town, which found attractive outlets for the supply of local confectionery.<\/p>\n

And so the cherry tree is part of the farming and cultural landscape of Trausse, where some orchards that are still cultivated, as well as the re-growth of former plantations everywhere, naturally form real boundaries between land destined for vine-growing or for tree cultivation.<\/p>

Last vintage produced: 2000.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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My favourite cuv\u00e9e is the one made from the Pinot Noir Fin, les \u2018Guigniers de Centeilles\u2019.\u00a0 In this I find the charm of the well-cultivated grape, full of scents of the land, and the estate\u2019s characteristically beautiful hand.\u00a0 I drank it with a tuna steak cooked just pink, lovely and thick, melting like the tannins in this wine.\u00a0 Serve it at about 15\u00b0C (1 hour in the fridge\u2019s vegetable compartment).<\/p>

\u2018Le Tour de France des Grands vins \u00e0 Petits Prix\u2019 Eric Mancio \u2013 sommelier at the Guy Savoy restaurant.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A Pinot from the Minervois which will be wonderful with a Saint Marcellin or wild duck. To be drunk within 25 years at 17\u00b0.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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