2017 AOC Gaillac - À la Santé des Mécréants

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Hand harvested Duras from 40 year old vines. Bottled with a minimal addition of sulfur.

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Cuvée: À la Santé des Mécréants

Style: Still

Colour: Red

Grapes/Blend: Duras

ABV: 13.5%

Vintage: 2017

Winemaking: 40-year-old vines. Grapes are hand harvested, destemmed, and fermented in cement tanks for about 15 days with regular pumping over. The wine is bottled with a minimal addition of sulfur.

Sulfur: 20 mg/L added on bottling

Soil: Calcerous Clay

Vignereuse (Marine Leys)

Marine works with a mix of local varieties: Mauzac, Loin de l’Oeil, Braucol, Duras and then some Gamay, and Syrah (the most commercial of the varieties, and Gaillac used to sell a lot of bulk must and juice to other regions). She tends to 5 hectares and works organically.