Meet Saint-Chinian Winemaker for TWO or more people

The Viranel estate, in the heart of Saint-Chinian in southern France, has been in the Bergasse family since 1551! Brothers Nicholas and Arnaud Bergasse are today creating an outstanding range of wines, arguably the best in the appellation.

From their perfect position in the Languedoc the brothers are taking a fresh approach and with irreverent humour making fabulous wines like their Arômes Sauvages ('wild wine' made from the ancient grape variety Alicahte Bouschet) and their lauded 'V de Viranel'.

We can surely learn lots about 'Saint Chinian' and what it is supposed to represent directly from meeting one of its top wine producers!   

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The white wines from this estate are little gems and their Viognier a surely a feather in their cap. Come taste great freshness and aromatic intensity in a Viognier that neatly avoids being another oily, overblown example.

As for the reds, so many wines are generally managed during fermentation using 'pumping over' or 'punching down' to extract colour and flavour, but the Bergasse brothers do it differently. They are champions of 'rack and return', a technique where fermenting must is evacuated from a tank and then poured back in to break up the cap. 

If you've not tried Alicante Bouschet before, prepare to add that one to your repertoire. And their 'V de Viranel' is a silky blend of Syrah and Greanche that respected wine critic Andrew Jefford once called 'Saint-Chinian Grand Cru'.

Simply book your spaces and we'll send a link for ordering the wines. We will also send instructions for joining the Zoom calls from a desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile phone. Zoom is proving to be a very sociable medium for wine tasting so we can guarantee you'll have fun! Each session will last just over an hour.

The wines:

• Trilogie Viognier 2019 IGP Cessenon, £15.49
• Arômes Sauvages Alicante-Bouschet 2018 IGP Cessenon, £16.49
• V de Viranel 2017 Saint-Chinian, £20.99

Special case price is £45.02 (normal price £52.97). You only need buy one case to share between two people. Delivery is free in Cambridge area, £8.99 elsewhere and comes in sustainable recyclable packaging.

Note - you need only consume a tasting sample of each wine opened during the session and you can follow our wine preservation tips to keep leftovers for another day.

Cut off for national wine deliveries is Sun 28 March.