20 Carignan Vin de Pays d’Oc 2009
Domaine des Terres Falmet

Grape:100% Carignan (13.5% alc.)

Yves Falmet’s wines have attractive, unforced fruit with excellent texture and mouthfeel. This low yield, hand-harvested carignan comes from the same north-facing vineyard as his Saint Chinian and has been cuve aged to retain all its spicy, black, liquoricey fruit. For drinking now to 2012.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Yves Falmet who originates from Champagne. Yves has helped to vinify in California, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Hungary
Location:	Creissan
Size of domaine:	25 hectares total.
Grape:	100% Carignan. 70 years old in gobelet formation.
Terroir:	45° steep slope facing north-west on the southern edge of the Montagne Noire. Clay-limestone – lots of stones, alkali soil.
Viticulture:	‘Lutte integré’ viticulture. Pruned very short, practices both debudding and vendanges en vert. No chemical herbicides or pesticides used. Looks for maximum phenolic maturity. Hand harvested 100%
Vinification:	Destalked 100% and lightly crushed. Vinifed and aged in cement tanks. Pumped over daily with a cuvaison of 1 month. Racked once and bottled with neither fining nor filtration after 18 months.
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