Cuvée des lézards

Climate:

After a rainy winter, replenishing mostly the water reserves of the soil, spring was moderately watered and the summer incredibly hot and dry. The vines, although they have suffered from heat and water stress, produced a very good quality grape harvest in normal quantities.

Soil:

Clay-sandstone stony red links wine, particularly well draining that promotes the production of quality wines.

The vines:

Grenache 60%, Cinsault 20%, Carignan 10% et 10% de Rolle.

Harvest:

Grapes, harvested mechanically very early in the morning goes into a crusher destremmer, and then cooled (10 ° to 12 °). They macerated then from 3 to 12 hours in the winepress without air, before pneumatic pressing. A cold pellicular maceration for about 4 days is done to settle and clarifies juices. Fermentations are carried out under the control of temperature (max 18 °).

Tasting:

Very pale flesh-colored dress. Fine nose, fruity, banana, raspberry. Rich with great persistence to finish with floral notes of violet, rose and raspberry mouth. Companion of the ideal summer, with grilled red mullet, on the Provence herbs and the anchovy butter.