baroudeur BOX

Wine notes

• Cepage: Carignan (20%); Syrah (80%)
• Style: Well rounded full bodied red wine at 13.5% abv. Supple tannins and fruit forward with a freshness through the long ripening due to altitude
• Plots: Syrah – 0.8 ha, 420 metres altitude in the black mountains above Félines-Minervois. Mica-schist dominated geology, loamy clay soil. Gentle east facing slope. Guyet pruning of 30 year old vines. Carignan –  0.67 ha,  210 metres altitude in the commune of Félines-Minervois. Sandstone gravel with some clay. Steep west facing slope; Gobelet pruning. Vines aged >70 yrs.
• Vinification: De-stemmed and fermented in stainless steel. Remontage/delestage early in fermentation. 18 days on skins, fermented to dry. Aged for 9 months in tank, then aged for a further 6 months in bottle
• Volume produced: 2700 bottles

Adventurer

Anthony Pile, founder of Blue Skies.