2013 (Côtes du Rhône) Le Claux
2013 (Côtes du Rhône) Le Claux
90% Grenache, 10% Syrah. 20 day fermentation. Pumping over and racking after fermentation. Aged in concrete tanks, no filtration or fining.
Cuvée: Le Claux
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grape Varieties: 90% Grenache, 10% Syrah
ABV: 13.5%
Vintage: 2013
Winemaking: Hand harvested, 100% de-stemmed. 20 day fermentation. Pumping over and racking after fermentation. Aged in concrete tanks, no filtration or fining.
Sulphur additions: None added
Soil: clay on limestone
Yield: 30hl/ha
After deciding that studying city water waste management wasn’t for him, Antoine took over from his dad Pierre in 1998. Shortly joined by his wife Laurence they began making and bottling their own wine. Organic since the 1970’s Pierre had used to sell grapes his grapes to the local co-op. Vineyards are planted with Grenache and Syrah. Very intense vineyard work allows for early harvest, resulting in less-concentrated and lower-alcohol wines. They hand-harvest their 18 hectares of vines, don’t use synthetic yeasts, and don’t fine or filter.