Wine No 1 from Old and New Collection

This wine is made from a blend of 50% Syrah and 50% Mourvèdre, grown on the silky-clay, sandy, and gravelly soils of the Alpilles foothills, which are deep and porous. The wine has an alcohol content of 14% vol. The grapes are hand-harvested, carefully sorted, destemmed, and lightly crushed before fermentation. Vinification takes place at temperatures between 24-26°C with total maceration for 20 to 30 days in a combination of stainless steel and wooden vats, with daily punching down and pumping over. After alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation occurs. The wine is aged for 19 months, with 13 of those months spent in foudres. This vintage is perfect with a beef wok on a bed of noodles and sun-dried vegetables.