75 Vacqueyras AC 2007 Floureto
Domaine Le Sang des Cailloux

Grape:75% Grenache, 25% Syrah (14% alc.)

Floureto (the provençal name of one of Serge Ferigoule’s three daughters), comes from Vacqueyras’ best vineyards on the plateau below Gigondas with classic soil mix of limestone-clay and river pebbles. It has a deep plum colour (unfined/unfiltered), spicy black fruit, liquorice, herbs, good concentration and yet a suppleness aided by a mineral quality and fine tannins. For drinking now to 2014.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Serge Ferigoule
Location:	Sarrians
Size of domaine:	18 hectares
Grape:	70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 7% Mourvedre and 3% Cinsault up to 35-40 years average. Lopy is made from the same grape blend from best parcels of oldest vines (50 yrs average). Rootsocks: Monticole, R110, R140 Plant density- 3,200 p/h for Vieilles Vignes (gobelet), 4,000p/h for 25-30 yr old vines (cordon royat) and 5,500p/h new plantings (gobelet)
Terroir:	Argilo calcaire with gravel. Limestone clay, river gravel and pebbles, on the plateau below Gigondas. Lots of stones – v. precocious spot – ripen early. Quite flat terrain up to 100metres elevation tilting south.
Viticulture:	Organic viticulture. Bio-dynamic treatments since start 2006. De-buds, green harvests (when needed) 25 to 30 hl/ha yield. The soil is ploughed between rows of vines in the spring and no herbicides are used. Natural grasses grown in 1 out of 4 rows. Sulphur for oidium. Harvested manually. Trie a la vigne.
Vinification:	100% destalked and no crushing or prefermentive maceration. Natural yeast. Vinified in unlined cement. One remontage per day from days 2-20, one pigeage per day for certain cuves. Alcoholic ferment for 8-12 days and cuvaison 12-25 days. Around 30C with a max temp 33°. Pneumatic press- blend back the vin de presse. No racking. Elevage – Lopy Tonneaux 450 ltrs (2-5 yrs old) Floureto- aged in large old foudres for a year. Bottled without fining or filtration in March/April. Production- 50-60,000 bottles per year. Registered organic from the 2007 vintage.
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exc vat: £14.33