Roussillon
Inès - 2022 - Bruno Duchêne
Domaine Bruno Duchêne
An orange wine, almost red, rich and concentrated with notes of orange and exotic fruits... Palate: dense, with beautiful freshness and length. A rare wine.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2030
- rock’n’roll
A single-parcel cuvée, blend of 2/3 Grenache Gris and 1/3 Grenache Blanc. The vines are more than 60 years old, with grass cover between the rows. A natural winemaker, Bruno has his work cut out for him with his steep, terraced parcels. Composed mainly of schist soils, mechanised farming is impossible here, so Bruno can only use a horse for ploughing. Vinification: grapes are destemmed then matured in Tuscan amphorae for one week, pressed and returned again to amphorae until bottling in June. Zero sulphur added.
Bruno Duchêne
Bruno Duchêne, yet another kid from the northern France who headed south for the sunshine of Roussillon. Settling here in 2002 in a middle of a vineyard of vines that were clearly exceptional, but also impossible to work – at least with tractor. A vigneron in the right place at the right time, the vines he acquired were lovely terraced parcels, unsuitable for mechanised farming due to their...
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