CUVÉE PAYS CATHARE 2024 (Domaine Serres-Mazard)

TERROIR

The vines of the SERRES-MAZARD estate are planted at an altitude of 300 metres, on the plateau overlooking the village of Talairan, in the heart of the garrigue and in a preserved area where numerous wild orchids grow.

The soil is composed of alternating conglomerates, sandstone and fluvial sandstone marls, known locally as the 'molasses de Carcassonne'. Their sedimentation took place during the Cuisian, Lutetian and Bartonian periods, three geological stages belonging to the Lower and Upper Eocene (55 to 37 million years ago).

The region was then covered by the sea. In the Cuisian, the latter retreated, moving on to a lacustrine and palustrine sedimentation, then from the Lutetian to the Bartonian, to a powerful continental sedimentation which gave rise to the molasses de Carcassonne.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are cultivated according to the sustainable agriculture rules: no systematic treatments, only as a last resort, when necessary. The estate has been certified HVE level 3 since 2019.

The grapes that make up the PAYS CATHARE are harvested, destemmed and crushed in vats. The skin maceration lasts between 6 and 7 days.
The must is then racked into vats to complete its alcoholic and malolactic fermentation and to continue maturing for several months.