ROUGE SAINTE ANNE

ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC RED WINE 2024

TERROIR

AOP Côtes de Provence.
Produced from the Grenache plot, « Coucourde » and Syrah «Pégoulière», both planted in 1999. Grey schists are mixed with chalky-clayey soils.

GRAPE VARIETIES

68% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 7% Cinsault.

VINTAGE

The vintage is characterized by rainfall at the beginning of the year and at the end of the winter. Thanks to these conditions the soils were recharged in water after 3 years of harsh dryness. The budburst occured early in the middle of march. The spring was cool and rainy and we started to notice the ﬁrst blossoms by May 13th. The weather was hot and dry during July, and we had a good water reserve which helped the vines grow correctly. The harvest started the 16th of august and ended the 10th of september.

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 harvested and sorted manually, destemmed and crushed before being sent to a stainless steel. Short macération then we proceed to a devating to let the alcoholic fermentation end in the liquid phase. The result is a fresh, juicy and elegant red wine. Ageing during a few months in concrete egg. Bottled at Château La Tour de L’Evêque.

TASTING NOTES

Delicate purple colour. The nose shows an ethereal, blossomy veil with lovely savouriness, revealing blueberries, herbal notes, and pepper with a hint of liquorice. With dry and soft attack, the palate is both ripe and focused with lean texture and slightly firm tannins. The rich alcohol brings some spiciness and layers of texture without warmth, the finish is long, peppery, and savoury. Pigeon puff-pastry pastilla.

— Julia & Bruno Scavo

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