Terroir
• Schist or slate slopes surrounded by garrigue.
• Multiple expositions with strong influences from both the
Mediterranean Sea and the Pyreneés mountain ranges.
• Varieties: Viognier 50% & Muscat Petit-Grain 50%.
Viticulture
• Fully organic (Ecocert Certified) using biodynamic
techniques. Thus no herbicides, pesticides or systemic
chemicals used in production of this wine.
• Yield: 18 hl/ha, 3.5 tons per hectare.
• Harvest: Hand harvested in early morning into small 12kg
cases. Hand selection of berries when necessary.
Winemaking
• Whole-bunch pressed in wooden basket-press.
• Fermented with indigenous yeasts in barrel
• Fermented with indigenous yeasts in barrel and aged on lees for 10 months.
• No battonage.
• Malolactic completed with 1g/litre residual sugar, enabling limited use of sulphur
(10mg/litre free).
• Wine is filtered lightly but not fined.
• Analysis: Alcohol by volume 13.04%; Volatile Acidity 0.54 g/l; Titratable Acidity 7.1 g/l;
pH 3.15; Residual Sugar <1 g/l; Malic Acid 0.05 g/l
With a combination of fresh acidity, moderate alcohol and rich material due to healthy, low-yielding old vines, this wine can accompany wide variety of foods from sushi to Catalan roast pork with garrigue honey and almonds. Splendid with a well-aged manchego, cheddar or comte cheese. This wine will improve with age for at least 5 years if properly cellared.
