Laurent Miquel Alaina French Red

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Typically $24/bottle from Laurent Miquel
Vintage 2020 from Languedoc AOP
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About Laurent Miquel: “The vineyards at Laurent Miquel in Languedoc have a history of winemaking that goes all the way back to 1202, when the monks of Abbey de Fontcaude first began growing vines there. Today, alongside his wife Neasa, Laurent Miquel is the 8th generation of his family to work these vineyards and is known for growing varietals not normally grown in the region such as Syrah and Albariño. His winemaking philosophy is to respect the past, but constantly try to improve upon it and as a result, has created some of the most elegant French wines in the region.”

Alaina Day’s Work

TASTING NOTES: “Our Alaina Languedoc is a typical southern French blend with a dominant varietal of spicy Syrah. This wine offers a ripe nose of red fruits, with spices and aromatic herbs. The palate is mellow with intense berry flavor and a hint of rosemary notes.” (AbV 14%, pH 3.7, RS <1 g/L)

VARIETALS: 70% Syrah, 30% Grenache

BARRELS: 12 months in mostly stainless steel, 40% in French oak.

PAIRS WITH: Grilled beef, chicken, and mature cheeses.

THAT REMINDS ME OF: All in a day’s work.

One of those idioms that seems straightforward, but at the same time, it had to come from somewhere, right?

Because usually when you say all in a day’s work, you’re trying to coolly downplay the difficulty or notability of a task as something commonplace for you. It’s not just you describing you average day. You’re responding to someone else commenting on something you had to do.

The origin of the phrase with this context seems to have been in reference to a term sailors used: day’s work. Yes, day’s work actually refers to a specific kind of work. Over the course of 24 hours, apparently from noon to noon, sailors had to monitor and determine a ship’s bearings multiple times so that they, you know, were going in the right direction. To figure this out, they would need to use various learned skills such as celestial navigation, something that is pretty wild to the layperson. Therefore they could humbly remark it was just “all in a day’s work.”

Laurent Miquel Alaina French Red

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