huevos con vino

Doktor Weingolb has the hosting honor for WBW #33, and this topic is restrictive yet terrific.  For this WBW challenge, as I prefer to call these things, the idea is to find a wine from the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.  The catch is the wine must be between $15-$30.  That’s a tight margin within which we all must work, which might be made tighter for me because in Seattle the French wines tend to cost a bit more than, say, along the East Coast.

So, which wines from the Languedoc-Roussillon region interest me?  Good question.  The Limoux AVA is interesting to me, in part for their “crèmant” wines that possibly predate Champagne.  In particular the 2003 Laurens “Clos de Demoiselles” sparkling wine is very tempting, and at about $20 it makes sense for this challenge.

I’m also interested in the Domaine d’Aupilhac wines too.  This winery in Montpeyroux makes some good wines from what I have heard, so maybe now is a good time to give them a try. 

I may end up simply going to the local wine store and seeing what they have, but I suspect a decent selection of Languedoc wines will be hard to locate in person in the Seattle area.  I’ll give it a try, though!

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