Black Grenache 90% and Carignan 10%
This red high-alcohol wine is fully fermented (it no longer contains any sugar) and is then stored in half-filled barrels that induce oxidation. The last step after many years of ageing in barrels takes place in a ‘foudre’ (big oak barrel), which is only half-full. This foudre is a ‘perpetual barrel’ : only the few wine removed during the year for bottling is replaced from another barrel. It acquires ‘rancio character’, definable in particular by walnuts aromas.
This red high-alcohol wine is fully fermented (it no longer contains any sugar) and is then stored in half-filled barrels that induce oxidation. The last step after many years of ageing in barrels takes place in a ‘foudre’ (big oak barrel), which is only half-full. This foudre is a ‘perpetual barrel’ : only the few wine removed during the year for bottling is replaced from another barrel. It acquires ‘rancio character’, definable in particular by walnuts aromas.
