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Fitou AOC

Court of Wine

Looking Into Wine

Markus Niggli

Calatayud Garnacha

Mel Brooks

Rod Phillips

Bill Nesto

Frances Di Savino

Patrick Comiskey

Ryan Frederickson

Vin Santo

Getariako Txakolina

Rioja Crianza

Philippe Langner

Alan Baker

Serena Lourie

David Eakle

OwlTail

Katie Jones

Welcome to the second producer profile this time we are in southern France, Languedoc specifically in Fitou with Owner/Winemaker, Katie Jones of Domaine Jones. Katie moved to southern France from England to work for the local Co-operative, as the years passed she decided to open her own winery in 2008, starting off with a mere two hectares of old vine Carignan, something unheard of in her village of Touchon. Katie looks for vineyards no-one else wants would only be a slight exaggeration. Most other growers in the area wouldn’t be interested in her modest twelve hectares of vines spread across vineyards in Maury and Tuchan.. she looks for low yields with high quality, and the rather poor, sloping ground that the very old, traditional vines cling to gives her just that.Katie's tell us how she managed to acquire those many micro old vines vineyards in her villages it was a bit of luck that they weren’t uprooted in the early 2000s when the local regulatory body ripped up many hectares of vineyards. Katies has now a collection of rare varieties that she uses for her wines.Wine cooperatives in France started in the late 1800s, mostly out of economic necessity, and continue to flourish today particularly in southern France, and that’s why it is more difficult to find independent grower, winemakers in the region.We also talked about why the Fitou viticultural area is, unusually, got split into two separate zones for historical reason. They are both finger-like enclaves stretching northwards into the larger Corbieres viticultural area. Each measure around 13 kilometres (8 miles) from north to south and less than half that from east to west. The two areas have a combined vineyard area of around 2650 hectares (6500 acres).The inland 'finger' is known unofficially as Fitou Montagneux ('mountainous Fitou'). This area is relatively hilly – vineyards here lie anywhere between 100m and 400m (330ft to 1310ft).The low-yielding vines here can produce fruits of great quality. In recent years this is being more reliably achieved.Its coastal counterpart, Fitou Maritime, is situated on slightly flatter land at the transition point between the Pyrenean foothills and the coastal plain. Vineyards here rarely sit above 150m in altitude.To read more about D Jones and Fitou: https://domainejones.com/https://www.languedoc-wines.com/en

Welcome to the second producer profile this time we are in southern France, Languedoc specifically in Fitou with Owner/Winemaker, Katie Jones of Domaine Jones. Katie moved to southern France from England to work for the local Co-operative, as the years passed she decided to open her own winery in 2008, starting off with a mere two hectares of old vine Carignan, something unheard of in her village of Touchon. Katie looks for vineyards no-one else wants would only be a slight exaggeration. Most other growers in the area wouldn’t be interested in her modest twelve hectares of vines spread across vineyards in Maury and Tuchan.. she looks for low yields with high quality, and the rather poor, sloping ground that the very old, traditional vines cling to gives her just that. Katie's tell us how she managed to acquire those many micro old vines vineyards in her villages it was a bit of luck that they weren’t uprooted in the early 2000s when the local regulatory body ripped up many hectares of vineyards. Katies has now a collection of rare varieties that she uses for her wines. Wine cooperatives in France started in the late 1800s, mostly out of economic necessity, and continue to flourish today particularly in southern France, and that’s why it is more difficult to find independent grower, winemakers in the region. We also talked about why the Fitou viticultural area is, unusually, got split into two separate zones for historical reason. They are both finger-like enclaves stretching northwards into the larger Corbieres viticultural area. Each measure around 13 kilometres (8 miles) from north to south and less than half that from east to west. The two areas have a combined vineyard area of around 2650 hectares (6500 acres). The inland 'finger' is known unofficially as Fitou Montagneux ('mountainous Fitou'). This area is relatively hilly – vineyards here lie anywhere between 100m and 400m (330ft to 1310ft). The low-yielding vines here can produce fruits of great quality. In recent years this is being more reliably achieved. Its coastal counterpart, Fitou Maritime, is situated on slightly flatter land at the transition point between the Pyrenean foothills and the coastal plain. Vineyards here rarely sit above 150m in altitude. To read more about D Jones and Fitou: <a href="https://domainejones.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://domainejones.com/</a> <a href="https://www.languedoc-wines.com/en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.languedoc-wines.com/en</a>

Producer Profile: Domaine Jones, with Katie Jones in Fitou AOC France

This week we are talking about the Fitou AOC. Fitou is a small wine appellation in southern France that is a part of the larger Languedoc-Roussillon wine region area.   Wine Recommendations  Maison Carrel Sous la Montagne Fitou 2016 - priced around $25.  Deep purple color wine with aromas of candied strawberries like red Australian Licorice It’s dry with medium plus acidity and tannins and flavors of red fruits, rock, violets and kalamata olives Very fruit forward wine that smells sweet It’s young, wild and rustic - like a horse that hasn’t been tamed - we would recommend pairing with food or let it age for a few years to mellow it out.    Gérard Bertrand Fitou 2009 - priced around $20.  Thanks to age this wine has the color of coca-cola like a brown-amber color This wine is also very sweet smelling of dried strawberries and raspberries as well as balsamic and walnut It’s dry with medium acidity and tannins with flavors of dried figs, molasses, balsamic reduction We could smell this wine all day long so intoxicating Wines like this makes us want to buy a bunch of wine to age and is definitely worth more than the $20 we paid for this wine  Sources  Wine Searcher https://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-fitou Wine Folly: Languedoc Roussillon Wine Region   Languedoc Wines  Fitou AOC   The Guardian: Fitou Wine  

This week we are talking about the Fitou AOC. Fitou is a small wine appellation in southern France that is a part of the larger Languedoc-Roussillon wine region area. Wine Recommendations <a href="https://www.jeffcarrel.com/en/64-contenu-en/sous-la-montagne-gb/351-fitou-sous-la-montagne?layout=post" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Maison Carrel Sous la Montagne Fitou 2016</a> - priced around $25. <ul> <li>Deep purple color wine with aromas of candied strawberries like red Australian Licorice</li> <li>It’s dry with medium plus acidity and tannins and flavors of red fruits, rock, violets and kalamata olives</li> <li>Very fruit forward wine that smells sweet</li> <li>It’s young, wild and rustic - like a horse that hasn’t been tamed - we would recommend pairing with food or let it age for a few years to mellow it out.</li> </ul> <a href="https://www.gerard-bertrand.com/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gérard Bertrand Fitou 2009</a> - priced around $20. <ul> <li>Thanks to age this wine has the color of coca-cola like a brown-amber color</li> <li>This wine is also very sweet smelling of dried strawberries and raspberries as well as balsamic and walnut</li> <li>It’s dry with medium acidity and tannins with flavors of dried figs, molasses, balsamic reduction</li> <li>We could smell this wine all day long so intoxicating</li> <li>Wines like this makes us want to buy a bunch of wine to age and is definitely worth more than the $20 we paid for this wine</li> </ul> Sources <ul> <li><a href="https://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-fitou" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wine Searcher https://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-fitou</a></li> <li><a href="https://winefolly.com/review/languedoc-roussillon-wine-region/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wine Folly: Languedoc Roussillon Wine Region </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.languedoc-wines.com/en/languedoc-decouverte/les-aoc-du-languedoc/aoc-fitou" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Languedoc Wines </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fitouaoc.com/histoire_m.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fitou AOC </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/13/fitou-wine-fiona-beckett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Guardian: Fitou Wine </a></li> </ul>

Ep 184 - Fitou AOC