Grape Variety:
80% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah
Soil:
Calcareous marl from the Cretaceous period
Farming:
Certified Biodynamic, Certified Organic
Alcohol by Volume:
14.5
Vineyards & Viticulture:
The Clos Derrière Vieille (behind the old village hospices) is 3.42 hectares of vines, planted in the early 1990s via selection massale, naturally fenced by woods. The vineyard is on a slope from 300 to 350 meters of altitude with a northwest exposure. Very slow ripening of the grapes: shadowed in the morning, bathed by the sun until sunset.
Harvest & Vinification:
Manually harvested with a very selective sorting, 75% whold cluster, short and soft maceration. Soft punching-down. Aged in big casks and terracotta jars on the fine lees for 18 months.
80% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah
Soil:
Calcareous marl from the Cretaceous period
Farming:
Certified Biodynamic, Certified Organic
Alcohol by Volume:
14.5
Vineyards & Viticulture:
The Clos Derrière Vieille (behind the old village hospices) is 3.42 hectares of vines, planted in the early 1990s via selection massale, naturally fenced by woods. The vineyard is on a slope from 300 to 350 meters of altitude with a northwest exposure. Very slow ripening of the grapes: shadowed in the morning, bathed by the sun until sunset.
Harvest & Vinification:
Manually harvested with a very selective sorting, 75% whold cluster, short and soft maceration. Soft punching-down. Aged in big casks and terracotta jars on the fine lees for 18 months.
