2020 VDF - Otium Reserve
2020 VDF - Otium Reserve
A single-barrel of Otium saved from the 2020 vintage. Developed and pronounced following four years of ageing before release. A rarity!
Cuvée: Otium
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Grenache Noir
Vintage: 2022
Winemaking: - aged 12 months in barrel on the lees with no topping up, bottled with no additions. Otium 2020 was macerated as a whole bunch infusion for 10 days, basket-pressed: this portion direct to barrel.
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.