GRAPE VARIETIES : 30% Grenache noir, 30% Cinsault, 30% Syrah, 10% Clairette, Marsanne, Viognier, Grenache rose.

TERROIR : Argillaceous limestone soil, bordered by oaks and forest. The parcels enjoy southern and south-eastern exposures. The vines are 40 years old. The yield is 30 hectolitres per hectare.

HARVEST : The grapes are hand-picked. Thorough selection – on the rootstock itself.

WINE-MAKING PROCESS : This wine is made from free-run juice, the first “gouttes” produced by whole-bunch (semi-carbonic) vinification. No added yeasts or any enological product whatsoever.
The winemakers play with the particularities offered by the combination of grape variety and soil, adding nothing in the process except for a tiny dose of sulphur.
Each vintage is unique, consisting in juices – “gouttes” – both light and flavourful which, once blended together, give birth to “Une Goutte”!

APING : Nine months in concrete tanks.

CULTIVATION : As for all our other cuvées: no pesticide, no herbicide, no insecticide – our estate has always been chemical free. Vinified using only indigenous yeasts, as has always been the case at the domain. “Agriculture Biologique” (organic) certified by “Ecocert.”