Château de Lancyre Coteaux du Languedoc Pic St. Loup 2001

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The main grapes in the CdL regulatory mix are mostly the same as the main Southern Rhone grapes. There are a number of sub-appellations, of which Pic St. Loup is one. Red Pic St. Loup allows grenache, syrah, mourvedre and cinsault - also carignan (10% max for the last two). However it could be 90% syrah and no grenache, or 90% grenache and no syrah, so it's hard to know if a particular bottle was made in a mainstream CdR style. Lancyre makes Pic St. Loup wines that seem to all be in the 50%syrah/50% grenache range, plus or minus. This one really tastes like a (good) CdR.