PLAN DE DIEU CUVÉE ÉGOÏSTE 2021 (Domaine Font Sarade)

TERROIR

The grapes that make up PLAN DE DIEU CUVÉE ÉGOÏSTE come from vines planted in the Village of Violès which is part of the Côtes-du-Rhône Village designation with the geographical name Plan de Dieu.

The soil is composed of a vast alluvial terrace of the Riss (fluvial terrace formed during the penultimate great ice age of the Quaternary period in the Alps, called the Riss Glaciation). It is composed of blue clays and sandstone safres covered with calcareous pebbles that ensure the presence of humidity during the summer.

Under the strong influence of the Mistral, red wines of character are produced here.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are grown according to the Sustainable Farming principles and the rows are grassed. Their yield is uo to 40 hl/ha. The grape varieties are vinified separately.

The grapes are harvested by hand and destemmed before being put into vats for a low temperature maceration of 15-20 days. Daily pumping over, which consists of removing the juice from the vat's bottom and re-injecting it at the vat's top, allows for a gentle extraction of tannins, color, and aromas.

Fermentations are done without yeast addition.

Once the maceration phase is over, the must is pressed, free-run juice and press juice from each grape variety are blended and then the whole is transferred to concrete tanks for an ageing phase of 7 to 8 months.

When the ageing phase is over, the must is then lightly filtered and bottled.