Southern Rhône, Château le Devoy Martine, Via Secreta, AOC Lirac, Rouge
Southern Rhône, Château le Devoy Martine, Via Secreta, AOC Lirac, Rouge
In a quiet part of the Rhône Valley appellation of Lirac, Véronique Lombardo of Château Le Devoy Martine crafts understated and complex wines on her 4th generation family owned domaine. With 40 hectares of land, Véronique strives to keep the character of vineyard in the bottle from her gravelly clay soils mixed with some limestone. Very few oak barrels are used in her wines.
Presentation
Véronique, the owner and winemaker at le Devoy Martine, is a single-minded figure, whose obsession is translating the product of her immaculately farmed vineyards into the bottle with as little distortion as possible. That means fermenting each of the four grapes in this blend separately in concrete tanks for maximum purity, and then assembling the blend to best express the vintage, showing restraint and subtle layering of flavors that are good indicators of the vintage and the terroir.
Winemaking
Traditional vinification by type of grape variety in concrete vats.
Varietals
Mourvèdre: 40
Syrah: 25
Grenache noir: 20
Cinsault: 15
Specifications
Alcohol content: 14,5% vol.
GM:
Allergenes: Contains sulphites. Does not contain egg or egg products. Does not contain milk or milk-based products.
