30 Collioure AC 2004 Clos du Moulin
Domaine du Mas Blanc

Grape:80% Mourvèdre, 20% Counoise (13% alc.)

Mourvèdre seems to thrive under a maritime influence (like the Bandol appellation) giving a wine of structure but considerable finesse. It has a dark cherry colour, a slightly sauvage nose with elements of chocolate/prunes and leather on the palate, and a really exciting lift on the finish. For drinking now to 2012.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Jean-Michel Parcé
Location:	Banyuls-sur-Mer (back country)
Size of domaine:	20 hectares
Grape:	80% Mourvèdre, 20% Counoise – 32 yr old vines. Selection massale from Tempier, Beaucastel on R100 rootstock.
Terroir:	Alluvial schists, with sandy-silty outbreaks on 20% slopes. Very thin soil only 40 cm deep.
Viticulture:	30 hectos per hectare. Gobelet formation. No debudding, no vendanges en vert. Ploughed where possible, otherwise herbicide used. Uses 3 treatments of dried sulpur and fungicide per year. 2 treatments per year of insecticide are needed. Manual harvest.
Vinification:	Destalked 100%. Killer yeast for the end of fermentation. Temp 23°-32°. Use pigeage twice a date for 15 days. Grapes vinified separately in stainless steel cuve. 2 week cuvaison. Malos in cuve and transferred in Jan/Feb into 1, 2, 3, 4, year old barrels from Château Margaux, when wine is assembled. Aged for 1 year (racked once). No fining, no filtration, bottled using their own equipment.
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