2015 VDF - Press in the vines
2015 VDF - Press in the vines
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40-year-old Cinsault vine. Hand-picked and fermented in whole bunches.
Cuvée: Press in the vines
Style: Still
Grape Varieties: Cinsault
Colour: Red
ABV: 13%
Vintage: 2015
Winemaking: His first Cinsault, with a cyanotype label created by his wife Vicky, was made with grapes exchanged for work in the vineyard. From a 40-year-old vine managed organically in the area known as "Gres de Montpellier", the grapes are hand-picked, fermented in whole bunches. Indigenous yeasts. Worked gently with a stainless steel "fouloir" and "remontage" with buckets by hand.
Sulfur: 50 mg/L
Soil: The parcel is predominantly sandstone "gallets" with quartz, slate and clay on slopes overlooking the Mediterranean.