Viognier Vieilles Vignes, Mont Rocher, Haute Vallée of Limoux, Languedoc 2023

 Mont Rocher, Haute Vallée of Limoux

Produced from older vines, lessening yield but increasing complexity, acidity and quality.

Picked at their optimal ripeness, in mid September, the grapes are de-stemmed then crushed, finally they undergo a three weeks maceration in order to extract carefully all their quality. The extraction is made by pumping over during the first ten days of maceration. The wine gains its fruit complexity and juicy flavours with a small part being aged with oak staves

Harvested from the cool, coastal vineyards around the Etang de Thau - the second largest lake in France. It is here some of the most distinctive Viognier is grown and crafted to display purity of fruit and a distinctive 'goût de terroir'.

August, to choose the right day to harvest. Post-harvest the grapes undergo a short skin-contact maceration. Then, the juice, after a delicate pressing and meticulous off-settling, ferments at low temperature.

Enticingly aromatic with characteristic exotic stone fruit and honeysuckle, our dawn-picked Viognier is rich yet refreshingly dry.

Grapes: 100% Viognier