VIGNE DE JO 2023 (Domaine Fontavin)

TERROIR

The VIGNE DE JO wine is a tribute to the grandfather of the winemaker, who planted these vines 60 years ago, and they are a testimony to the generations that have passed and succeeded one another.

The fundamental substratum of the vineyard is represented by the sands and sandstones deposited by the Miocene sea (-16 to -11 My). During the Pliocene (-5 to -2 My), the valley was flooded by a sea coming from the south, making the hill of Châteauneuf-du-Pape an island. When it retreated, it left behind vast sheets of rolled pebbles composed of alpine quartzite pebbles mixed with a matrix of red clay.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are cultivated according to the principles of the Organic Agriculture: one row out of two is grassed, and the soil is enriched by adding sheep compost.

The grapes are harvested manually and destemmed. Then they are placed in vats for the alcoholic fermentation under the action of indigenous yeasts. The skin maceration lasts between 10 and 12 days, where pumping over and punching down are carried out to break the marc capthat forms at the vat's top and reintegrate the skins into the fermenting juice.

Once the maceration is over, the must is racked into concrete vats to finish its fermentations and to mature for 8 months.

The bottle is sealed with a DIAM2® cork stopper which guarantees the absence of any TCA contamination or cork taste.