Tasting note
Ruby with a hint of violet.
Expressive, with red fruit followed by warm spice.
Fruity, smooth and well-balanced, with pleasing freshness on the finish.
How to serve
Drink this easy-drinking red Côtes de Provence with Provençal cuisine, grilled meat and fish or chocolate-based desserts.
Serve at 18°C.
Drinking window: five years.
Serve at 18°C.
Drinking window: five years.
Technical sheet
Grape varieties
Grenache (20%), Syrah (80%).
Terroir
Deep layers of limestone and sandstone-clay plus ancient alluvial soil with small stones ideal for fine wine making.
Harvest
Selected plots of older vines (average age 35 years) with lower yields. Hand-harvested at optimum maturity when the fruit is perfectly ripe.
Vinification
1. Each grape variety is vinified separately.
2. Approx. three weeks in tank with regular pumping over for optimum extraction.
3. Malolactic fermentation takes place.
4. The wines are aged before blending.
2. Approx. three weeks in tank with regular pumping over for optimum extraction.
3. Malolactic fermentation takes place.
4. The wines are aged before blending.
Ageing
Aged in tank.