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Region: Languedoc
Appellation: Vin de France
Grapes: 60% Syrah, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Carignan – approximately 70% of the Syrah and all the Mourvèdre was purchased from an Organic grower in the Corbières region.
Average Vine Age: 50 years old
Altitude: 820 feet (250m)
Soils/Terroir: Jurassic clay and limestone soils for the Syrah and Carignan from the Domaine’s vineyards. For the purchased fruit, the Syrah is planted on schist soils and the Mourvèdre is planted on clay-limestone soils.
Farming: Organic
Harvest: Hand harvested
Yield: 30 hl/ha
Winemaking: Each variety and parcel are whole cluster pressed and fermented separately. The pressed juice undergoes a night of cold settling in stainless-steel tanks. After which, the wine is racked off the gross lees into 228L French oak barrels (5% new) for fermentation. Alcoholic fermentation began spontaneously using only the naturally occurring indigenous yeasts. After the completion of malolactic fermentation, a low dose of sulfur was added.
Maturation: Aged 4 months in 228L French oak barrels (5% new), followed by an additional 3 months in stainless-steel tanks. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.