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Good "Peasant Wines" from Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon is a major wine region in southern France. Al and Hugh give their picks for some good rustic wines from this area.

Ch. La Dournie "Etienne" St. Chinian '12 *1/2

(Very rustic peasant wine, good with roast game)

Ch. Haut-Gléon Corbieres '12 **1/2

(Balances rusticity with elegance, syrah in the fore)

Ch. de La Condamine Corbieres '14 **1/2

(Benefits from 50% grenache, great nose, warm mouth-filling wine)

Ch. Mignan, Minervois '14 *** $ MAJOR VALUE   

(A very elegant concentrated red with touches of cognac)

REDS 12037 Belair Road Kingsville, MD 21087

As General Partner of Clipper City Brewing Company, L.P., Hugh J. Sisson is among Baltimore's premier authorities on craft brewing and a former manager of the state's first pub brewery, Sissons, located in Federal Hill. A fifth generation Baltimorean, Hugh has been involved in all aspects of craft brewing.