Gold Medal Gilbert & Gaillard 2021

Dark fruit aromas with satin and smooth tannins (Grenache, Syrah & Mourvèdre).

Food pairing:  Red meat in sauce, Mediterranean food, marinated game, cheese…

Serving temperature: 18°C 

Tasting notes:

This wine has a very deep purple color with blackcurrant and red fruit aromas, hints of flowers and spices. 

The dark fruits flavors are enhanced by satin-smooth tannins.

Grape variety: 50% Grenache – 40% Syrah – 10% Mourvèdre 

Grenache (50%) comes from 3 different regions :

– 17.5% from the Maury plateau : old vines, very low yield (30hl/ha), harvest by hand, long maceration, very traditional winemaking.

– 17.5 % from Tautavel. Same terroir and winemaking except carbonic maceration for 1/3. Malolactic fermentation in tanks.

  6-months aging period in barrels.

– 15% from Puichéric (South of the Minervois area). 

  Yield : 50hl/ha.

Syrah (40 %) :

– 20 % come from Tautavel, as for Grenache. Same winemaking.

– 20 % come from the Hérault plain. Very modern vinification (fresh oak chips during the fermentation).

Mourvèdre (10%) come from Gruissan (La Clape appellation area) on the schistous soils of the mediterranean coast (the best

soil for this variety). 

Hot and sunny climate. 30-year-old vines.

40 hl/ha yield. 

Long maceration vinification for 80%, carbonic maceration for 20 %. 

Long aging in tanks.