VIEUX TELEGRAPHE LA CRAU 2019 - White wine

TERROIR

The parcel la Crau is located on a stony plateau of recent geological formation dating from Miocene, Pliocene and Quaternary period, where are also planted the red grape varieties at the origin of the red VIEUX TÉLÉGRAPHE wine. The soil is composed of red sandstone, more or less silty or clayey sand and sandstone, quartzite pebbles (siliceous rock with welded quartz crystals), and pliocene fossiliferous micaceous sands.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The white wine Vieux Télégraphe is a blend of clairette (main variety), grenache blanc, roussane and bourboulenc. The vines are around 45 years old.

The harvest is manual, the grapes are sorted twice in the vineyard and a third time in the cellar before being gently pressed thanks to a pneumatic press.

After decanting, the fermentation takes place in barrels, demi-muids and 30hl foudres, followed by an lees ageing period of one year in these same containers.