Appellation :          A.O.C. Cassis

Vintage :                 2009

Colour :                  Red

Grape variety :       Mourvèdre (100 %) after a green harvest made in July to get a small production, a regular maturity and healthy grapes

Soil:                       Clayey-chalky soil

Vineyard area:       2 Ha

Date of harvest :    September 2009

Yield per hectare:   42 Hl/Ha

Oenologists :          Philippe Garnier – Ferme Blanche

                               Jean Paul Aubanelle - Signes

Manufacturing process :         

Harvested by hand. 100% Sorting and destemming Fermentation under regulated temperature for a long fermenting in vats. Aged 7 months in vats.

Tasting notes :          Purple colour. At first you get a fresh nose of small red fruits and then you discover ripe fruits and spicy notes. These notes will appear in mouth: pepper, leather and fennel. Young and very promising wine!

Cellaring:               4 to 10 years.

Cooking ideas:       Red meats, especially lamb cooked with prunes, duck with onions sauce. Cheese                                           

Temperature:           18°C.