2023 VDF - Totem
2023 VDF - Totem
A completely different style from Laurent & Melissa: a proper maceration for a deep, black-fruited red held in focus with a fine line of acidity and delicate tannin.
Cuvée: Totem
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Grenache Noir, Mourvedre
Vintage: 2023
Winemaking: Hand harvested, de-stemmed and macerated in a 50/50 mix of steel tank and Catalunyan clay amphora with plenty of daily pigeage. Pressed back to tank and amphora once fermentation has finished (about three weeks) before bottling in spring.
Soil: Black marl, Schist
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.