Description
VARIETY
Syrah
18 months in oak barrels
Plot location: La Lessieurs, Sierre
Terroir: glacial moraine
Exposition: Hillside
Age of the vine: 17 years
TASTING
A robe delicately laced with violet, a nose made of dark cherries and cassis. The attack supple and generous, the finish silky and harmonious, with notes of black pepper and cloves. A wine that recalls the great syrahs of the Northern Rhone.
VINIFICATION
Harvest destemmed and not chaptalized. First maceration at 4° for 5 days. First fermentation in 400 lt French oak barrels opened under temperature control. Reassembly and extraction aromas, color and tannins manually in the barrel. End of fermentation pressing and closing barrels. Following 18 months maturing on the lees in these same barrels.
Contains sulphites / 13% vol.
