Ostal Levant, Goupil 2021

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Côt, Merlot, Syrah, Chambourcin, and Chenin Blanc
Style: Red
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc.: 12%
Notes: It has been quite a few years since we’ve had this cuvée from Charlotte and Louis, and we are so excited to share it with you all. It’s equal parts spiced, earthy, and crunchy, while still having a floral lingering fruit.

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Côt
Style: Red
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc.: 11.5%
Notes: A new whole bunch maceration of Malbec from Charlotte and Louis. There’s some lovely green, crunchy tannin, balanced by savoury hedgerow fruit. Light, great with a barbecue and could even be slightly chilled.

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Côt (Malbec)
Style: Red
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc.: 12.5%
Notes: From a 40 year-old plot just the other side of the hill, the fruit is destemmed and macerates for 10 days with no pigeage for a gentle extraction, aged in barrels. This is a touch plumper that 2021, with broader tannin, a crunchy edge and richer fruit.

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Côt (Malbec)
Style: Red
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Another lovely expression of côt from one of Louis and Charlotte’s Duravel parcels planted in late 1970s. Full of fruit and woody spices with a long, silky finish – a homage to the winemaker Anselme Largeteau (Louis’ late grandfather).

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Chenin Blanc, Mauzac, Loin de l’oeil
Style: White
Alc.: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A firm favourite of ours! From vines planted in 2016/17 by Charlotte and Louis, this is direct pressed and aged in old barrels on the lees. Herbaceous and mineral up front, with some juicy Comice pear notes and aromatic spice. Beautiful!

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Chenin Blanc
Style: White
Alc.: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A direct press of these vines planted in 2016/17 by Charlotte and Louis, aged in old barrels on the lees. Very pure, chalky mineral core, with some opulence and structure. This is lovely, and opens up beautifully with some time.

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Muscat à petits grains, Chenin Blanc
Style: White/Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A new maceration of Muscat and Chenin from Ostal Levant. On the nose this is intensely aromatic (full of jasmine and orange blossom), but this is more mellow on the palate, balanced by classic Chenin opulence and a salty mineral edge.

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Chambourcin
Style: Red
Alc.: 11%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A hybrid variety that Louis and Charlotte planted in 2016/17, this is light and fresh, with a distinctly grape-y flavour. There is still the Pérot’s characteristic punch and bite of minerality and fresh acidity.

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Field Blend of 12 varieties including Côt, Merlot
Style: Red
Alc.: 10.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A new cuvée from Charlotte and Louis (at least for us). This is lighter in body than most of their wines, but gosh does it have some beautiful complexity and length. Bramble-y fruit with sherbet-y pops of acidity, racy acidity, and in the background the base notes of Côt and Merlot giving structure.

Producer: Ostal Levant
Region: Lot, France
Grapes: Côt
Style: Red
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A stunning take on côt – the fruit comes from an old parcel in Grezels planted on limestone and clay. The fruit is destemmed, and vinification takes place in fibreglass tanks and one small barrel before blending. Leafy, grippy tannin, and a wonderful fruit-driven core with notes of stewed plums, blackberry and damsons.