Roussillon
Tir à Blanc - 2022 - Alain Castex
Les Vins du Cabanon
A nose that’s always expressive... Palate: a wine reflecting immense sensitivity and sincerity – Castex may call it a tir à blanc (a blank) but this wine is a genuine a shot to the heart!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
A blended cuvée: Macabeu, Carignan Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, Clairette, Muscat d'Alexandrie... From century-old vines, grown on clayey soil, in the commune of Trouillas. Manual harvest, the yields are low, and both the vines and the vinifications are managed naturally. Direct pressing, short aging in vats, bottled in October. The wine is neither fined, nor filtered. Zero added sulphur!
Alain Castex
Alain Castex, an iconic figure in the region of Banyuls and Roussillon, produced wines of another era. He refused to use any oenological additives. Producing in small volumes, his wines had always been ultra-confidential, at most 5000 bottles in the biggest years. Such is the fruit of this impassioned winemaker’s labours, this uncompromising and extremely meticulous man. Le Casot des Mailloles...
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