LES HAUTS DE CAROL’S 2021 (Domaine La Terrasse d'Élise)

TERROIR

The terroir of Aniane is based on a geological & complex element where we find mainly a soil of rolled pebbles from the end of the Tertiary, the Miocene Poudingues but also the ancient alluvial terraces and alluvial fans. They form the regions of the 'Grès de Montpellier', the Larzac terraces, the Béziers terraces, the Clairette du Languedoc, Pézenas and Quatourze.

All the Languedoc soils have a very high proportion of coarse, rocky, stony or gravelly elements, as well as a great depth exploitable by the vine's root system and good natural drainage. The differences are mainly in the absence or presence of limestone, particularly active limestone, which has an impact on the choice of rootstock and can condition the qualities of the tannins.

The plots of the LES HAUTS DE CAROL’S wine have a soil dating from the Aquitanian period, composed of yellow marl several hundred metres thick with fine sandstone banks, and some conglomerates with rolled pebbles. The Aquitanian corresponds to a period of the Lower Miocene, between -23 and -20 My, when the Hérault basin was occupied by a lake favouring carbonate deposits and then filled in by fluvio-lacustrine outpourings with distant contributions.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vineyard is cared and Xavier Braujou follows the biodynamics principles to manage its plots, without any certification however, which does not allow us to classify its wines in the category of the Organic Wines.

Once harvested, the grapes are placed in vats for the alcoholic fermentation with the indigenous yeasts and the malolactic fermentation with the lactic bacteria.
The must is then racked into oak barrels to be aged for 24 months. The wine is not filtered before bottling.