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Description

Grape variety
 Syrah. The age of the vines (90-100 years) guarantees a very high quality production.

Soil
This plot has an area of approximatively 4 ha. It has given its name to this plot selection and has a particular geology. This soil is made up with sediments on a fine layer being on a granitic subsoil.

Harvest
Grapes are hand-harvested to the limit of over-maturity. Due to their age, these vines give low yields.

Vinification
Totally destemmed, the grapes ferment in concrete tanks. From one to two daily treadings ensure a good extraction. The temperature of fermentation does not exceed 32°C. Maceration lasts between 4 and 5 weeks, to obtain a polymerization of tannins. Only the free-run wine is used for this single vineyard.

Ageing
The wine is matured in oak casks (with a 30% average proportion of new ones) between 18 and 20 months. The clarification is natural.

Tasting

Colour: Deep garnet red with purple lights.
Nose: Tarry and smoky, raspberry, blackberry, walnut, liquorice.
Palate: Complex, strong attack, velvety and balanced, long final, liquorice, tobacco, cocoa. According to the vintage, the wine can be kept from 30 to 60 years, indeed from 50 to 75 years.

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