Axel Prüfer
Le Temps des Cerises (Languedoc, France)
An émigré to France from East Germany in the late 1990s, Axel Prüfer has since established himself as one of the eminent winemakers in the Languedoc. Working with mostly red varietals, and a little bit of white, Axel’s practice of blending grapes both green (or underripe) and ripe has since influenced a generation of winemakers in an area where picking only ripened fruit usually leads to stewy tannin bombs. I feel like wines from Le Temps des Cerises have sometimes been put into the ‘vin de soif’ category of vin nature, which seems unfair—Prüfer’s elixirs, while certainly highly drinkable, also elicit cerebral responses and contemplation as well.
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La Peur du Rouge 2021
Chardonnay / Clairette
$36
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Fou du Roi 2021
Cinsault / Grenache / Carignan
$33
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Avanti Popolo 2021
Cinsault / Grenache
$30

La Peur du Rouge 2021
Chardonnay / Clairette
$36

Fou du Roi 2021
Cinsault / Grenache / Carignan
$33

Avanti Popolo 2021
Cinsault / Grenache
$30