2022 VDF - Otium
2022 VDF - Otium
From a very warm, dry vintage, Otium 22 is darker-hearted than other years, Otium has an elegant balance, poised between the delicate nature we love in these wines, with a fine frame of structure supporting the vibrant fruit.
Cuvée: Otium
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Grenache Noir
Vintage: 2022
Winemaking: Grenache Noir, planted by Laurent’s grandfather in 1949. 3 days of whole-bunch maceration, no extraction. Pressed gently to tank for fermentation and ageing for 6 months before bottling.
Soil: Clay limestone
Sulphur: None added
Laurent's dad had 40 hectares and sold 37 of them back in 2000. He changed career but kept 3 hectares. The Grenache have been planted by Laurent's granddad in 1949. Laurent used to work at the Verre Volé for few years and then he went to learn winemaking with Alain Castex (Le Casot des Mailloles). In October 2017 he took over with Melissa his father 3hectares. All wines are made without any use of chemicals, are unfined and unfiltered and not sulphured.