80% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah. AB organic certified. Hand-picked and largely destemmed. Aged around 18 months with 30% in old foudres and the remainder in concrete eggs. Cask/tank sample.
Tasted blind. Pure strawberry fruit on the nose, rosemary and thyme. Sweet and supple mid palate with a lovely savoury meaty note behind. Excellent energy drives this wine, juicy, fresh and really appealing! (AC)
Product Description:
The 10-hectare estate is made up of 23 plots whose diversity of terroir and exposure contribute to creating a vast aromatic palette that is found in our wines. The average age of the vines is 55 years and our oldest plot planted by Stéphanie's great-grandfather, Eugène, is now a hundred years old (1901). The yields are low between 26 and 32 Hl/Ha and are the result of constant work that respects our vines and our environment.
The grape varieties give pride of place to the king grape variety of the appellation: Grenache, but some plots are planted with a little Syrah and Mourvèdre without forgetting a touch of Cinsault for the rosés. As Aline BONFILS likes to say, "among the winegrowers of Gour de Chaulé, the spirit of the terroir and the typicality of the appellation have resisted new fashions..."
