Winemaker Laurent Vaille's south-facing vines get very low yields, normally from twenty to twenty-five hectoliters per hectare. All are pruned in the gobelet style. The simultaneous restraint and power of his wines makes them ideal for aging. His area of the Languedoc has since become known to produce some of the greatest wines in the region. In his words, 'Nature gave us a partition of land. It is up to us to interpret it.' Traditional farming and vinification, vines in taille gobelet, red varietals are harvested and vinified separately and then aged in 228-L barrels separately. Reds are blended after the wines are fully complete, before settling and bottling.
Matt
White before red. Just an incredible array of aroma and flavors with every sip. Cooked black plum, dried black cherry, dried rose petals, dust, cracked pepper, cedar, wood smoke, fur, olive, leather, cocoa powder, garrigue, tar, hot iron, black tea. Everything about screams rustic but the elegance of tannin and lengthy finesse counter everything peasant about it. More impressive on day 2 is the seamless nature of it, harmonious from front to back, gaining more an overall savory and meaty profile. The shiitake, cured meat, hoisin, talcum and leather really starting to unfold. I think this could be beautiful in 5-8 years, but I love the fruit component at this moment. Father’s day treats this weekend with double GDPs
White before red. Just an incredible array of aroma and flavors with every sip. Cooked black plum, dried black cherry, dried rose petals, dust, cracked pepper, cedar, wood smoke, fur, olive, leather, cocoa powder, garrigue, tar, hot iron, black tea. Everything about screams rustic but the elegance of tannin and lengthy finesse counter everything peasant about it. More impressive on day 2 is the seamless nature of it, harmonious from front to back, gaining more an overall savory and meaty profile. The shiitake, cured meat, hoisin, talcum and leather really starting to unfold. I think this could be beautiful in 5-8 years, but I love the fruit component at this moment. Father’s day treats this weekend with double GDPs
9.6Leslie Gilmore
This was a wonderful treat to enjoy with good friends while plotting a trip to Italy.
This was a wonderful treat to enjoy with good friends while plotting a trip to Italy.
9.4Stephan Sullivan Jr.
It’s FIRE
It’s FIRE
9.2Alex Hughes
Well made wine. Drank way too young.
Well made wine. Drank way too young.
9.0Jim Nelson
Light-Rhoneian
Light-Rhoneian
9.3Location
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