TASTING NOTE
Bright pale salmon colour. Subtle fruity aromas on the nose with eminent notes of wild strawberry, red apple and pomegranate. Juicy palate with well-balanced acidity leading to a lush, smooth finish.
(Wine tasted on 2 February 2022)
IN THE VINEYARD
Elevation: 280 m
Planting orientation: From NW to SE / 130 degrees
Soil: Sandy clay with stony subsoil
Slope: 30%
Age of vines: 21 years
Pruning system: Double royat
Yield/ha: 7,000 of fresh grapes
Harvest with grape sorting
Kickoff harvest date: 20 September 2021
Brix: 22.3
Note: Despite the challenging summer weather with repetitive heatwaves followed by heavy rains, Grenache Rouge had a great performance both in terms of quality -small berried grapes, rich in phenolics- and volume. Choices of ours like cover crop were really supportive to that outcome.
AT THE WINERY
Grape sorting on a vibrating conveyor belt table. Grape cooling at 7oC. 6-hour skin contact at 10oC. Only the free-run juice is collected and used. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at 15oC.
For this vintage, 15% of the total quantity was fermented with indigenous yeasts using the “pied de cuve” technique. We picked the desired amount of grapes and pressed them in vessels at our vineyard; this way we allowed the fermentation to start right there, taking advantage of the population of native yeasts present.
