Vintage rouge 2022

TASTING:

The intense ruby dress accompanies a nose of red and black fruits. The gourmet palate, on finesse, switches to notes of burlat cherry.

PERFECT AGREEMENTS:

A wine that is both fleshy, fresh and fruity, it goes perfectly with red fruit and chocolate desserts. This pure Grenache, full of seduction, also goes well with sweet and salty pairings.

PLOTS, TERROIR, CULTURE:

Vineyard cultivated 100% in Biodynamics. Selection of terroirs on schists (Devèze sector). Lower slopes and mid-slopes with superficial soils. Presence of the bedrock at 60-80cm. Southern exposure. Soil maintenance by plowing and use of compost on the row. The age of the vines, trained in goblet, is 15 to 35 years. The average yield is 18 hl/ha with planting densities of 3500 to 4000 vines/ha.

GRAPE VARIETIES:

100% Grenache.

HARVEST:

Manual, during the last week of September and the second week of October. Double manual sorting of the bunches on a conveyor belt and vibrating table, destemming and light crushing. Harvest with 15 to 18% alcohol potential.

VINIFICATION:

Vinification in concrete cuve and thermoregulated stainless steel cuve. Alcoholic fermentation at 25°C, with mutage on grain at mid-fermentation followed by a maceration of 15 to 20 days.

BREEDING AND BOTTLING:

breeding in a reducing environment in a topped-up cuve for 10 months, then in the bottle.

GUARD TIME:

5 to 10 Years