Caves du Molliere Piquepoul

Last of the case we brought back from Pezenas. Waitrose have a Piquepoul for 7 quid, this cost us about 3 quid a bottle. Part of me is delighted to have found such an agreeable wine (whose constituent grape I had never heard of, let alone tasted) but part of me feels bitter that the UK fails to offer anything approaching this level of value.

Anyway, the wine itself is superb. If I hadn't been aware that the French were enjoying this at such an absurdly low price I would be snapping this up at twice the price. It manages to be a refreshing apperitief but avoid the excessive acidity of low cost sauvignon blanc (e.g. Tourainne). Not a great comparison as it's much deeper in colour and almost has a similar subtle fruit edge (can't say what exactly) to the Samour.

Apparently the Caves du Molliere cooperative was transformed from a run down dive to the impressive outfit it was when I bought this wine. Sad to think that I won't be back in that part of the world for a long time.

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