Domaine d'Aupilhac, Coteaux du Languedoc, Lou Maset 2003 White 4% Petite Sirah and 2%

4% Petite Sirah and 2% Touriga Nacional

accompanied by liquorice scents and spicy notes of Muscat and white pepper

coming from a cooler vintage in Napa Valley

with lots of ripe fruit and a lovely balance of round tannins and hints of oak

slightly overshadowed by the historically great 1990

Domaine d'Aupilhac, Coteaux du Languedoc, Lou Maset 2003 White 4% Petite Sirah and 2%Base of Neck; Kermit Lynch Import slips 40% Grenache, 40% Cinsault, 10% Carignan, 5% Syrah, 5% Alicante Bouchet Lou Maset refers to the old stone hut amid the vines at Domaine dAupilhac in the Languedoc town of Montpeyroux. In the pre Technicolor film reel I have spinning in my head, I can see the vineyard workers, tired after a long morning out in the hot sun, taking refuge in the cool, dark hut. One man, his tanned brow dripping sweat over the dusty