2014 (Côtes du Rhône) Gaia
2014 (Côtes du Rhône) Gaia
80% Syrah, 20% Grenache. 15 days fermentation. Some pumping over and racking. Aged in concrete tanks for 18 months, no filtration or fining.
Cuvée: Gaia
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grape Varieties: 80% Syrah, 20% Grenache
ABV: 13.5%
Vintage: 2014
Winemaking: Manual harvest, natural yeast, 100% de-stemmed. 15 days fermentation. Some pumping over and racking. Aged in concrete tanks for 18 months, no filtration or fining.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: clay on limestone, South-Eastern exposure
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.