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CHATEAU LA VILLATADE

NOMA 2011 Winemaker: Denis Morin

Appellation: AOC Minervois

Region: Languedoc-Rousillon

Country: France

Grape: Grenache (80%), Syrah (20%)

Vintage: 2011

Cellar ing: 2019

Closure: Cork

Alcohol: 13%

Bottle size: 75cl

Yield: 30 hl / hectare

Production: 7,000 bottles METHOD

The grapes are grown at an altitude of 300 metres, on 25-

year-old vines in limestone and schist soils. They use no

chemicals or fertilisers in the vineyard and operate more

or less organically (but without certification). Maceration

for six weeks with natural yeast fermentation at 28

degrees, using a tiny amount of sulphur (10% the legal

dose) at bottling, also unfiltered. No oak at all either, just

fruit!

TASTING NOTES

Blackcurrants, raspberries, sweet spices, garrigue herbs,

chocolate and coffee

VICTUALS

Minute steak, Provençal chicken, Toulouse sausage

casserole, roast game birds