PROVENCE, FRANCE
The domaine has been working organically for many years with no weed-killers or pesticides and will have Ecocert certification in 2020. Alain places a heavy emphasis on ploughing and working the soil in the springtime. All grapes are hand harvested and sorted and bought quickly to the winery where the grapes are moved onto a vibrating table to remove unwanted material before being de-stemmed. The must of the rose and white are first cooled with the rose spending 24 hours on skins before fermentation.
There are now two cuvees of red wine produced and both are bottled without fining or filtration and minimal SO2 (30 ppm free). Cuvee Antionette comes from old vines located in the highest and coolest north facing slope in Bandol and was first produced in 2008. Made from 95% Mourvedre and 5% Grenache this wine is very fine and intense yet still fresh. In recent years the red wines are showing more finesse and freshness with very gentle extraction as the late ripening Mourvedre gives ample depth and structure in this ideal climate.
