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FRANCE – Languedoc

Locality:

FRANCE – Languedoc

Appellation:

Vin de France

Grape Variety:

Carignan and Grenache

WineMaker:

Thomas Rouanet

Vineyard:

Carignan planted in the 1950s and Grenache planted in the 1980s. Both south facing. The soil is a mix of limestone and clay. Density of 4000 vines/ha.

Viticulture:

Certified organic. Gobelet pruning. Yield 27-30 hl/ha.

WineMaking:

15% whole cluster for Carignan, the rest is de-stemmed. Very gentle pressed in traditional wood vertical basket press. Fermented over indigenous yeasts for 15 days with pump-over once a day. Temperature monitored not to go over 25 degrees Celsius. 15 days of cuvaison and complete malolactic conversion.

Bottling:

Neither fined nor filtered. Bottled in the Spring. Less than 20 mg/l total SO2.

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