Il va, ça va Je vais, je sais

Rosé 2017 from Ardéche. 
40% Carignan, 20% Chardonnay & 40% Viognier. 12 days of maceration. 9 month of fermentation in fibre cuve. Soutirage in March 2017. Bottled the 1st of August 2017. 11,2% alc.

I would write a love song if I could

Rouge 2016 from Ardéche. 

100% Carignan. Only free run juice. 8 days of maceration. 9 month of fermentation in barriques. No soutirage. Bottled the 15th of June 2017. Only in magnums. 12,1% alc.

The Artist formerly known as Peach

Rouge 2016 from Ardéche. 

50% Cabernet Sauvignon & 50 % Syrah. Press direct. 9 month of fermentation in INOX. Soutirage in March 2017 and bottled the 12th of June 2017. Finished the fermentation in the bottle, but without making bobbles – so a semi dry rosé.
13,5% alc.

Dreaming out loud

Rouge 2016 from Ardéche. 

100% Carignan. 8 days of maceration. The grapes was separated from the free run. The free run juice went to another cuvé (I would write a love song if I could) It is therefore only the pressed juice from the macerated grapes. 9 month of fermentation in barriques. No soutirage. Bottled the 15th of June 2017. Only in magnums. 13,2% alc.

Let’s eat the world we want to live in

Rouge 2016 from Ardéche. 

20% Carignan, 20% Syrah, 20% Grenache Noir & 40% Sauvignon Blanc. 18 days of maceration. 9 month of fermentation in fibre cuve. Soutirage in March. Bottled the 3rd of August 2017.
13,2%

I read the news today, oh boy!

Rouge 2016 from Ardéche. 

Blanc. 18 days of maceration. 9 month of fermentation in fibre cuve. Soutirage in March. Bottled the 3rd of August 2017.
13,2%

Hey you Girl with the brown shoes on

Blanc 2016 from Ardéche. 

Chardonnay 100% pressurage direct.  A long and slow press of 3 days in the old wooden pressoir of Gérald Oustric – The juice of the grapes was running all the time, so no maceration. Following fermentation in old barriques in our cellar for almost 4 years, no soutirage all fermentation has been on the yeast (sur lie). Bottled the 1st of July 2020, still a little bit of sugar left, therefore both cork and crown cap on the bottles.

A white wine with a very solid and almost classic expression, the long fermentation in barriques has given the wine a nose similar to white burgundy wines. Even with the sugar that is left, the wine doesn’t ferment any more and this helps on the other hand to create a balance with the acidity.

cuvé (I would write a love song if I could) It is therefore only the pressed juice from the macerated grapes. 9 month of fermentation in barriques. No soutirage. Bottled the 15th of June 2017. Only in magnums. 13,2% alc.

Poetry of Silence

Blanc 2016 from Alsace. 
100% Pinot Noir. 25% distemmed grapes of Pinot Noir and 75% pressurage direct. Macerated for one night. Not enough for the juice to take color or tannins, but of cause the structure of the grapes. After the press it was put directly into a fiber cuve, then soutirage in June 2017 and transferred to age in old barriques.Bottled in july 2020. So a little more than 3 years in barrels. Non ouillé, so no topping up the barrels. We simply left the wine to take oxidation. It is an oxidative wine, not vin jaune, but very well oxidative. Still with a taste of white fruits and long slaty bitterness – very balanced.

Quand j’étais Petit, je n’étais pas Grand 

Blanc 2016 from Alsace. 

100% Gewürztraminer. The directly pressed juice rested 24 hours in open cuve and directly into a fiber cuve. After sautirage the 31st of May 2017 we let the wine age in old barriques. Bottled the 2nd of May 2019. 14,5% alc.