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Some great wines

to look forward to!

The harvests Initial tastings

The vines were in good health thanks to the mistral ‘Excellent balance of sugar and acidity for the reds
and tramontane winds. The late-ripening varieties and whites. Nicely-defined aromas. Clean, expressive
- Cabernet-sauvignon, Mourvèdre, Grenache noir wines. The whites are aromatic and fresh. The reds
and Carignan - benefitted from rainfall at the start look to have very promising cellaring potential.
of September which helped produce great grapes. This year was different to normal for the reds in that
The harvests occurred around the dates that are the vatting period lasted four weeks, instead of the
usual for the area. three weeks which is normally the case, because acidity
17 August: we started off with Pinot noirs in plots levels were high and a little more time was required
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running alongside areas of garrigue. Healthy grapes with to integrate the tannins.
a good balance of sugar and acidity and typical yields. It’s worth noting that different grape varieties produced
30 September: the harvest ends with the picking of different yields. This was especially the case for the
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the late-ripening varieties. Syrah grapes for rosé wine, which suffered from the
dry conditions and did not produce a lot of juice, unlike
the Cinsault and Grenache vines. All in all, we’ve got
some great wines to look forward to!’
LAURENT SAUVAGE

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