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A tiny domaine of just over 2 hectares, but the terroir is good, including holdings in Chaillot, and the vines are very old. winemaking is Uber-traditionalist: no additives, indigenous yeasts, cement vat fermentation, no new oak, large casks, no destemming.
What importer Rosenthal Wine Merchant has to say about this wine...
Just as his friend Guillaume Gilles stepped outside his home zone in recent years to bottle a Gamay, Ludovic recently gained access to a friendโs parcel of 95-year-old Carignan in the schist of Saint-Chinian, in the Languedoc, bottling it for the first time with the 2021 harvest and christening it โRien Que du Carignanโ (โNothing But Carignanโ). They produce only about 11 hectoliters of wineโfermented naturally and aged in a combination of used demi-muid and used barriqueโfrom this ancient half-hectare parcel. Punchily spicy yet beguiling in its purity of fruit, this is deeply mineral Carignan that flirts with downright elegance.
Details
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Grape Variety
Carignan
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Vintage
2021
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Size
750ml
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Farming Practice
Sustainable
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Style
Earthy , Fruity , Minerally
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Medium Bodied