We enjoy white and rosé wines, and often have them as apéritifs. Here's a good variety from the past few weeks - delicious white Seyssel from the Savoie area of eastern France, discovered during our several visits for music to the Val du Séran. Then two from opposite sides of the Rhône: from the east, Coyeux near Beaumes de Venise. When we first discovered them 20 or more years ago it was their sweet muscat that caught our attention - now they make excellent reds and this delicate dry muscat; and from the west (not far from the Pont du Gard, the Roman aqueduct on our doorstep here) some excellent whites and rosés as well as very good red Côtes du Rhône.
The two bottles of Lacoste, white and rosé, were the result of a busy year to and fro to the Lot, where the two dogs we welcomed for short periods were found in a refuge in Figeac. Their sad tales are told elsewhere, but we were delighted to discover that they were to be found near the wine areas of Cahors, the Côtes du Lot and the and the Côteaux de Quercy, several hundred km northwest of us here. And the final two in this lineup are from the Clos de Bellevue, just up the hill to the north of us in Lunel. Their rosé is also made in a sweeter version equally palatable for an apéro; the dry muscat is another example of the variety of delicious dry wines now being made from the muscat grape. The view from the courtyard looking back over Lunel is among our favourite panoramas.
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