GRAPES/BLEND
35% Grenache Blanc, 30% Clairette, 20% Roussanne, 10% Picpoul, 5% Bourboulenc
VINIFICATION
This wine has been made quite simply, back to basics style, hand-picked and whole bunched pressed in a basket press. Due to the small quantities, we pressed and fermented all the new varieties together, as the ripeness was very similar, and we felt that we could care and nurture the wine better than in the tiny volumes we had of each variety. The Roussanne block is ten years older, ripening a little earlier, so was not included in the co-ferment. The unclarified juice was fermented in 675 litres ceramic eggs, with no acid or sulphur additions. The resulting wine was then matured in ceramic eggs and the lees stirred monthly for that time. These varieties are supposedly very susceptible to oxidation, but we find we get better results not adding sulphur until after the primary sugar fermentation.
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