Languedoc
Pradelou - 2021 - Xavier Braujou
La Terrasse d'Elise
Cinsault in its best possible light, a true delicacy, which we really like as a single varietal, and yet so rare! Soft and light palate, a digestible and fruity juice, final on cherry notes.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Integrated winegrowing
- Appellation
- Hérault IGP
- Degree of alcohol
- 14.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
First vintage for this 100% Cinsault cuvée from three-year-old vines (first year that it's possible to make wine from it) planted by Xavier on soils of rolled pebbles and limestone scree. Manual harvest. Vinification: gentle extraction, one year of aging in barrels that have seen several wines. Bottled at the estate with a low dose of sulphur.
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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