Item Number: 7476 UPC: None

Country: France
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon Sub Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Appellation/AVA: Vin de France
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2011
Grape(s): 80% Grenache Blanc / 10% Muscat Petits Grains / 10% Grenache Gris / Carignan Blanc / Maccabéo (Macabeo)
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12.5
Viticulture: Certified Organic
Soil Type: granite schist, gneiss
Elevation: 1,500 ft

Average Vine Age: 50 years for the Grenache, 50 years for the Maccabeu, 100 years for the Carignan, 30 years for the Muscat

Aging: 1 year in stainless steel

Winemaking Notes: The viticulture is organic (Ecocert Certified) and the soils are tilled by hand. The fruit is manually harvested and gently pressed in a vertical press. The wine is never pumped and the fermentation is completed with only the natural yeasts. There is no SO2 used in the fermentation process of and in some vintages, like the 2008, there is no SO2 used at all. The yield is very, very small at 20 hl/ha and there is no fining or filtration whatsoever. Terroir at its purest.

About the Estate: Domaine Matin Calme was started by Véronique Souloy and Anthony Guix in 2006 when they bought an extraordinary vineyard of Carignan and Grenache Noir vines that are more than 100 years old around Belesta in Roussillon. In soils of granite schist and gneiss located at 1,500 feet above sea level, they are able to grow fully mature grapes of great density without developing wines of high alcohol and still preserving high acidity.