64 Rasteau Vin Doux Naturel AC 2007
Domaine du Trapadis

Grape:90% Grenache, 10% Carignan (15% alc.)

This is a fine VDN with cigar leaf, raisin, prune and fig flavours typical of the grenache. Delicious with rich chocolate desserts. For drinking now to 2013. Sweet, price per 50cl.

* Half bottles are available

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Helen Durand
Location:	Rasteau
Size of domaine:	25 hectares
Grape:	90% Grenache, 10% Carignan. Average 25 years and a density of 3,500 vines per hectare. Trained cordon royat.
Terroir:	Argilo-calcaire and yellow marl on 20% gradient slopes. Elevation of 290 metres. Depth of soil 5 metres. South west facing slopes.
Viticulture:	De-buds and green harvests. Ploughs 6 times a year with a horse. Light dose of copper sulphate to prevent oidium. No pest problem. No herbicides. Uses organic animal and vegetal compost. Manual harvest grape by grape and uses a table de trie. Yield 20 h/h
Vinification:	De-stalked 50%, lightly crushed and then a prefermentive maceration for 4 days at 15C. Varieties vinified seperately in 150 hecto cement cuves with natural yeast and at up to 25C. One foot pigeage every three days. Alcoholic ferment for 4-5 days before arresting by addition of up to 10% of the total volume of neutral alcohol (marc). Then a further 14 days of maceration with alcohol (at 25C) and thus a total cuvaison of 20 days. Leaves 100g/litre of residual sugar. Mechanical press and press wine is added back. Elevage in cement cuves and 10% in one year old fûts. 11 months on fine lees. Racked once. No need for fining or filtration. Converting to Ecocert bio. Total production 5,000 bottles.
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qty (bottles)

exc vat: £12.72