NIEUW
Sunlight turns dust into stars, 2022
100% Carignan, from oldest vines of Carignan planted by Jocelyne and Gérald Oustric, and their father. The grapes we harvested were very ripe, but still with some freshness, and particularly a very precis bitterness. We destemmed a big part of the grapes around 75% and the rest we pressed directly. The juice from the direct press juice and the destemmed grapes has been macerating together for almost ten months, then décuvage, fermentation and élevage on lies in old barriques for two years.
Carignan has many faces, often it presents itself stronger and more tannic, than what this wine represent. For us this wine is perfect image of the Carignan we love to drink, light as a rosé but strong in its profile of flavours as what we know central italian light reds or the red lighter red wines of Jura. This Carignan has been evolving a lot, especially in barrels, the first year in barrel the acidity and the tannins didn’t really find each. But after that one year passed the classical flavour profile of Carignan came back – flavours such as spices, ripe prune, black cherries etc, and since this profile has only become more pronounced – but at the same time it has merged with both the acidity and the fragile tannins. It’s for that reason we’ve decided to keep the wine almost two years in bottles in our cellar before releasing it. We have done this to ensure that the evolution and expressing of this Carignan is stable.
| Specificatie | Omschrijving |
|---|---|
| herkomst | Ardèche |
| druif | carignan |
| alcoholpercentage | 11 |
| soort | rode wijn |
| toegevoegd sulfiet | geen |
| inhoud | 0,75 liter |
