Languedoc, Domaine Borie La Vitarèle, Les Crès, AOC Saint-Chinian, Rouge
Languedoc, Domaine Borie La Vitarèle, Les Crès, AOC Saint-Chinian, Rouge
Founded in 1990 by Jean-François and Cathy Izarn, Borie la Vitarèle, it is 18 hectares of vines in the AOC Saint-Chinian managed in organic and biodynamic since 1998. Day after day, they protect the biodiversity of the domain in an approach global life. The soils are alive there, the vines in harmony with the land, the wines nourished by these beautiful terroirs. Vines under influences which give unique wines, reflections of the multiple facets of nature.
The story
Les Crès is the Occitan term for pebble soils. The roots plunge deeply into it… Its draining, infertile and very early aspects make it a wonderful vineyard. Syrah and Mourvèdre give a powerful and generous wine, cut to face the years. "The spirit" "Les Crès" "is a balanced wine, powerful and concentrated which reveals a great terroir. This power is perfectly balanced to give this cuvée all the elegance that one expects from a great wine."
Vinification
Without added sulfites, fully destemmed and fermented (indigenous yeasts) in open vats fed by gravity. Soft extraction by punching-downs. 18 months in 1-to-3-wine half-muids, unfined and unfiltered before bottling.
Varietals
Syrah: 70
Mourvèdre: 30
Specifications
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