Grapes: Macabeo
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Soil: Clay, Pebble
Vintage: 2023
Viticulture: Biodynamic
Vinification: Macabeo from 70-year-old vines, whole cluster fermentation with a 4 day maceration then pressed into stainless steel.
Aging: Stainless steel
Fining or Filtering: None
Sulfur: None added
Notes from the Importer: *First white cuvee!*
Laurent worked for several years at the venerable Paris bar à vin Le Verre Volé and after that returned to Roussillon to work directly with Alain Castex, then of Le Casot des Mailloles.
Towards the end of 2017, armed with what he had learned from Castex, he and Melissa took over the remaining three hectare vineyard from his father and are returning it to its organic past.
In 2019 they started biodynamics and they are using cover crops to improve the soil quality. In fact, during our morning of walking around all off their vineyards in the spring of 2022 we were very impressed with their understanding of the role the soil plays in the vineyard.
