Description
Producer: Domaine de Terrebrune
Region: France, Provence, Bandol
Provenance: ex Château
Vintage: 2019
Variety: Mourvèdre, Grenache, Cinsault
Volume: Bottle (750ml)
Organic Status: Organic
Description: A blend of 50% Mourvèdre 25% Grenache 25% Cinsault, medium dry, coming from vines approximately 10 years in age.
• Organic viticulture with absolutely no chemical herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers
• Soil is worked regularly by plow and hand-hoes
• Buds are trimmed and a green harvest is practice to purposefully limit yields; the average yield is between 35-38 hl/ha
• All grapes are harvested by hand, and selection takes place in the vineyards instead of on a sorting table
• Grapes are de-stemmed and then pressed gently by pneumatic press
• Only indigenous yeasts are used
• Wines ferment in underground, temperature-controlled, gravity-fed cuves
• Slow fermentations at low temperatures
• Wine goes through malolactic fermentation
• Ages for 6-8 months in barrel before bottling
• Wine can age for up to 20 years
• Rosé made 50% by saignée and 50% by direct press