31 Collioure AC 2001/2004 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 Rhone appellations of Côtie 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 2011.

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, 5% 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°-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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exc vat: £16.98