Languedoc
Le Pigeonnier - 2022 - Xavier Braujou
La Terrasse d'Elise
A nose with notes of black fruits, thyme, spices and violet... On the palate: a solid, powerful indulgence, a beautifully crafted, fruity Carignan.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Integrated winegrowing
- Appellation
- Hérault IGP
- Degree of alcohol
- 14 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
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A 100% Carignan cuvée from a single parcel, the vines are grown in sustainable farming and are planted on limestone-clay soils, with presence of rolled pebbled. Manual harvest, yields around 25 hl/ha. Natural vinification, soft extraction, maturation for 12 months in barrels that have seen several wines. Bottled at the Estate with a small dose of sulfites.

Xavier Braujou
Xavier Braujou settled in Aniane back in 1998, just next to the Grange des Pères and Mas Daumas Gassac. Prestigious neighbours indeed, though this strong-armed vigneron certainly needn’t be ashamed of the juice he’s making! He’s been the rising star of this area for some time now. Xavier started out very modestly, farming only a half hectare of vines, and kept his job as a lumberjack until...
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