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CALMEL & JOSEPH VIEUX CARIGNANCork

A lovely red wine from the South of France with rich, complex flavours and a lot of class.

Coteaux de Languedoc
2019
14.5% ABV.
100% Carignan
75cl

£15.50

Price includes VAT

Tasting notes:

Compellingly deep purple in colour. The characteristic aromas of this wine when it is young, floral, fruity, spicy, complex and powerful. The attack is incisive, the tannins already well-integrated, and the generosity of the 2019 vintage shows itself in the persistent, lightly saline finish.

About the wine:

This wine comes from a solitary group of Carignan vines planted in 1890. Neither drought nor disease has managed to affect the quality of the grapes which possess a genuine local character.The grapes are hand-picked and placed into small trays (caissettes). They are then destemmed, but left uncrushed, before being going into vat. Alcoholic fermentation lasts for 15 days at a temperature between 25°- 30°C. A major aerated pumping-over operation is carried out half-way through the alcoholic fermentation. The rest of the pumping-over is light, lasting only 5 minutes each day. The wine spends 27 days in vat and is then racked off and settled several times before being going back into vat for the start of malolactic fermentation. Aged in vat 12 months

About the producer:

Founded in 1995, Calmel & Joseph is a maison de négoce specializing in Languedoc-Roussillon wines from private wineries from across the region.

Over the years, they have built close personal relationships with a large number of growers from all appellations. Convinced of the extraordinary potential of this region, oenologist, Laurent Calmel, and Jerome Joseph work together on the vinification, blending and ageing of wines with the common purpose of demonstrating the little known yet unique quality of these Mediterranean terroirs.

As well as their desire to produce high quality wines consistent with their terroirs, they are committed to making wines which reflect their convictions and experience.

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