Background

LOCATION AND AREA: a handsome 37 - acre holding in two parts: 7.5 acres on the east bank of the Rhône, 15 km north of Avignon. Modern sandy-clay alluvium. 29.5 acres in the municipality of Caromb, on lower southwest-facing slopes of Mont Ventoux.

Tasting notes

Fresh, fruity rich and elegant with aromas of liquorice, black fruits and herbs.

Winemaking

Grapes are hand-picked, with double sorting at the vine, then a third sort in the winery. They are all destemmed, then undergo 25-30 days’ vinification in temperature-controlled concrete vats. Pneumatic pressing, then systematic malolactic fermentation. MATURATION: 12 months in foudres (60 hl). Bottled after light filtering at 1 year.

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