28 Collioure AC 2004 Les Junquets
Domaine du Mas Blanc

Grape:90% Syrah, 10% Roussanne/Marsanne (13% alc.)

This wine has an elegance and depth of fruit that you rarely find away from the Northern Rhône appellations of Côte-Rôtie, Cornas and Hermitage. It comes from old vines on a steep, schist slope, has been aged in barrels previously used for Château Margaux, and has excellent pure flavours - black cherry with a hint of liquorice and silky tannins. For drinking now to 2014.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Jean-Michel Parcé
Location:	Banyuls-sur-Mer (300 mtr altitude spot called des ‘Escoumes’)
Size of domaine:	20 hectares
Grape:	90% Syrah, 10% Roussanne & Marsanne (ex J L Chave) on R110 rootstock. 27 year old vines.
Terroir:	Cambrian schists with marked iron influence on 20° slopes. Very thin soil only 40 cm deep.
Viticulture:	30 hectos per hectare. Gobelet and guyot 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°C-32°C. 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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exc vat: £16.88