LE ROUGE CUVÉE CLASSIQUE

ORGANIC RED WINE 2016

TERROIR

AOP Côtes de Provence.
In the hilly area of the Maurettes the land consists of shaley soils derived from siluraian sages phyllites near Hyères, and Permian red sandstone.

GRAPE VARIETIES

82% Syrah, 18% Cabernet-Sauvignon.
Average age of the vines : 25 years.

VINTAGE

Winter and spring 2015/16 were soft and dry. The months of May and June were colder than usually. Flowering started on May 15th on the grenaches and both flowering and fruit set went well. The mistral, which has been very present since the beginning of the year, helped to ensure a very good sanitary state within the vineyard. July and August have been warm and dry. The harvest started on august 22th and finished on September 14th.

GROWING

The vineyards are worked by hand, using natural animal fertilizers. We do not use any chemical weed killers. Buds are trimmed and a green harvest is practice to purposefully limit yields. A part of the vineyard is plowed with horses. The area between the rows of vines is grassed over with cereals.

WINEMAKING

The grapes are picked and sorted by hand, according to their polyphenolic ripeness (depending on the evolution of the maturity, two to three analytical tests and berry tastings are carried out every week in order to determine the optimum harvest date). In the press room, the berries are destemmed, slightly treaded and transferred into stainless steel vats. The alcoholic fermentation is run so as to extract optimum fruit and colour, but also to produce an legant wine. Maceration lasts about 10 days. Once the malolactic fermentation is over, the wines are stored into stainless steel vats. Then the wine is bottled at the Château.

TASTING NOTES

Intense ruby, garnet glints. Pronounced, with layers of black fruits such as black and Morello cherries, plums and blackcurrants, with a creamy touch. Spices such as liquorice and pungent pepper interlace with tobacco, dried leaves, as a beginning of noble tertiary, still showing lots of youth. Palate is dry, of a high level of freshness, showing fine grained tannins, firm like a backbone, and quite generous profile, spicy and flavoured. Texture is silky, elegant, perfectly matching the intense flavours of dark fruit and aromatic spices. Finish is long, with hints of concentrated liquorice, cedar, cigar box. 7-8 years to reach potential, 12 years on the average. Perfect match with slow cooked pigeon, preserved leg with toasted pistachio, layers of beetroot.

— Julia & Bruno Scavo

DOWNLOADS

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Download the technical sheet 2016

REWARDS

DE LA SYRAH BIEN A L’AISE DANS SON COIN DE PAYS OU
ELLE S’ENRICHIT D’UNE BIODIVERSITE LOCALE AUX ORIGINES VÉRITABLES,
LÉGÈREMENT MUSCLÉ D’UNE PART DE CABERNET SAUVIGNON
QUI LUI DONNE PLUS D’AUTORITÉ ENCORE UN BIO DE CORPS ET D’ESPRIT.

Le Devoir

UN TRÈS BEAU VIN DE PROVENCE. DES AROMES DE GELÉE DE FRUITS,
D’ÉPICES, DE THYM ET DE LAVANDE. LA TEXTURE EST LISSE ET AGRÉABLE.
UN BEAU FRUITÉ ASSEZ AMPLE. COULANT. BELLE PRÉSENCE EN BOUCHE.
TANINS FONDUS. FINALE CHALEUREUSE.

Vin Québec

MÉDAILLE DE BRONZE

Decanter

NOTE : 87/100 POINTS