Terrasses du Larzac Rouge Les Gravettes
Appellation
Terrasses du Larzac
Farming
Sustainable (HVE3), Organic (Ecocert)
Varietals
55% Grenache, 30% Cinsault, 15% Syrah
Vineyards & Viticulture
Vineyard sources: 80% La Barthassade, 20% Celles des Combariolles & Bois de Paulhaut.
Soils
Limestone scree with some plots more sandy and others with more clay deposits
Harvest & Vinification
Partial whole clusters (60% for the Grenache and 50% for the Syrah), vatting and devatting by gravity, pumping over during 2/3 of fermentation then pigeage. Temperature-controlled vatting for three weeks. 17 months aging in demi-muids, barriques, and concrete eggs.