Roussillon
Cuvée du Patron - 2022 - Cyril Fhal
Clos du Rouge Gorge
A powerful nose, driven by fruit aromas with notes of blackberry, blackcurrant, and tonka beans... Palate: a velvety wine, luscious and round, with well-blended tannins, and a long, lovely finish. A pure juice and a pure delight...
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Côtes catalanes IGP
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
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A blended cuvée of Grenache Noir and Mourvèdre in equal parts (more or less!) from vines planted on gneiss soils. Viticulture and vinification are straightforward and natural; infusion is practiced during vinification for greater delicacy. Vinification: fermentation and infusion in casks, co-maceration of two grapes for 8 days, gentle pressing, matured in barrels without new oak, and bottled at the estate without fining nor filtration.

Cyril Fhal
Cyril Fhal launched his 5-hectare estate in 2002 in Latour-de-France, just 5 km from Calce, home to numerous renowned winemakers. The young Parisian, his viticulture/oenology diploma in hand, had been on the look out for parcels in the region when he stumbled upon these old vines – between 50 and 100 years old – which no one wanted to work, because they were planted on steep slopes unsuitable...
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