Archive Cellar
All of the wines we carry at Princess and Bear have small case productions and as each vintage varies from year to year, we want to offer tasting notes and technical information on past vintages we've carried for reference.
Below is a list of sold out wines. Click the wine name below to view the Languedoc-Roussillon sommelier’s tasting notes.
These wines are made by the most passionate winemakers and have a finesse and complexity that will keep you coming back for more. Many of the winemakers are contrarian and make wines in their own passionate way regardless of tradition or requirements to be an AOC wine.
Our many organic selections are presented below with the European Union organic leaf designation. Organic wines in the EU can use small amounts of organic sulphur, which helps make the wines remain stable over time.
AOP Languedoc
90% Syrah 10% Viognier
Food Pairings: Try it with a mache salad with watermelon and feta cheese tossed in a lemon, thyme and olive oil vinaigrette.
New Vintage Arriving in June
Vin de France
100% Braquet
Food pairing: This is a food rosé for year round drinking. Try it with shrimp ceviche; fish tacos with harissa aïoli (mayonnaise) and Gulf Coast red snapper on the half shell.
Sold Out-New Rose Arriving in June
AOP Malepère
50% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, 20% Malbec
Food Pairings: Enjoy on its own or serve with Parmesan Crusted Chicken and Cesear Salad or Shrimp, Grapefruit and Avacado Salad with Poppyseed Dressing. The Marquis will win your heart! Again and again.
Awards:
Gold Medal Milliseme Bio 2019
Silver Medal Vinalies Internationale 2018
Sold Out-New Rose Arriving in June
IGP Pays d'Oc
100% Cabernet Franc
Food Pairings: Try it with shrimp and scallop paella dressed with lemon verbena vinaigrette. Then, a cold raspberry mousse....together a peak experience!!
Sold Out-New Rose Arriving in June
IGP Coteaux d'Enserune
80% Aramon, 20% Cinsault
Food Pairings: Wonderful on its own and also try with tapas like serrano ham with roasted bell peppers, Machengo cheese, patatas bravas, and prawn croquettes.
Sold Out-New Rose Arriving in June
Vin de France
80% Carignan, 20% Muscat Petits Grains
Food Pairings: Delight in this unusual blend with Oysters Rockefeller or Cheese Gougères. Close your eyes, taste and you will be transported to the land of the Cathar castles of the Languedoc which overlook some of Katie's magical vineyards.
Sold Out-New Rose Arriving in June
AOC Languedoc
85% Mourvèdre, 15% Grenache
Food Pairings: Really, really delicious! The mourvedre grape gives this wine such a wonderful flavor, only exceeded in loveliness by the young winemaker, our neighbor, Marine. Serve this with roasted turkey sandwiches, curried mayonnaise, and slices of vine-ripened tomatoes. Life is good!
Sold Out-New Rose Arriving in June
AOP Corbières rosé
75% Grenache, 25% Syrah
Food Pairings: Raspberry explosion in your mouth sound good? This perfectly balanced rosé by the passionate winemaker Martine is wonderful with grilled chicken and prune skewers served with lemon couscous. Take me there!!
Sold Out-New Rose Arriving in June!
IGP Pays d’Oc
70% Grenache, 30% Syrah
Food Pairings: It is great on its own for sipping or with Thai dishes or a summer sausage and chicken barbeque.
Sold Out-New Rose Arriving in June
AOP Languedoc Montpeyroux
50% Syrah, 30% Carignan (60 year old vines), 25% Grenache, 15% Cinsault
Food pairing: Surround yourself with the soft richness of this beautiful organic wine served with Moroccan Lamb Cammama with Date and Onion Sambal; or Barbara Batcheller’s West Indian Roast Pork with Honey Glazed Parsnips and Yams. A perfect evening...bluer than velvet was the night....softer than satin was the light.
2016 Vintage on our Red Wine page!
AOP Malepère
60% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 20% Malbec
Food Pairings: This award winning wine is full of cooked fruit flavors with soft ripe tannins. Excellent with venison, filet steaks, or....on the couch with just a good book and a cheese plate.
Awards:
Top 100 Sud de France 2018
Gold Medal Mundus Vini 2018
Coup de Couer Guide Hachette 3 stars 2017
Gold Medal at Concours General Agricole 2016,2019 Silver Medal Milliseme Bio 2019
Vin de France
33% Chenin Blanc, 17% Grenache Blanc, 30% Gros Manseng, 16% Viognier, 4% Sémillon
Food pairing: Impress yourself (never mind the others) by serving this favorite of Princess with Cedar Planked Copper River Salmon with Mango-Grapefruit Butter; Coquilles Saint-Jacques with Pernod; or Tempura Fried Shrimp with Ginger-Chili Sauce and Jasmine Rice.
