Rhône Valley
Saint Martin - 2020 - Thomas Jullien - Magnum
La Ferme Saint Martin
An intense, solar juice with powerful black fruit notes, and a touch of spice. The palate is deep and complex, with beautiful volume, roundness and well-melted tannins. Think red meat, wild game, cheese... Let's eat!
- Size
- 150 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Beaumes de Venise
- Degree of alcohol
- 14.5 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2031
- rock’n’roll
95% Grenache and 5% Syrah, from vines aged between 60 and 104 years old, farmed organically and planted in the Vaucluse, on clay and limestone soils. This is the estate’s oldest cuvée, produced for the first time in 1964. The grapes are harvested by hand, with yields of 20 hl/ha, and careful sorting of the grapes. Vinification: the grapes are 100% destemmed, followed by maceration for three weeks to a month, and maturation for 9 to 12 months, half in vats and half in casks. Bottled without fining, filtration, no added sulfites.
Thomas Jullien
Thomas Jullien, child of the 1983 vintage, is the head of Ferme Saint Martin, an estate perched at the highest point of the Beaumes de Venise appellation, in Suzette. This family vineyard, founded in 1964 by Thomas’ grandparents, Aimé and Yvonne, was converted to organic viticulture in 1998. With such a family history, it comes as no surprise that the young man seems to have been born with a...
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