2017 VDF - Salve Ager
2017 VDF - Salve Ager
A Grenache and Cinsault blend. Maceration for 4 days. Aged 6 months in concrete vats. No added sulphur.
Cuvée: Salve Ager
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Grenache 90% (50 years old), Cinsault 10% (50 years old)
ABV: 14%
Vintage: 2017
Winemaking: Whole bunches in vats, natural vinification without intervention. Maceration for 4 days. Blending of the run-off and press juices and end of the fermentation of the sugars in liquid phase. Aged 6 months in concrete vats.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Sandy clay
Former IT consultant Thierry decided on a life change in 2002, His family had previously been farmers in the Nimes area and he wanted to return to working with the land. Vineyards are isolated surrounded by the wild aromatic and surprisingly noisy Languedoc Garigue. 11 hectares, only the white sees any oak, no use of sulphur in the wines.