Les Hauts de l'Agly Cotes du Roussillon Villages Vallee de l'Agly 2008 75 cl

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Colour
Red
Vintage
2008
Producer
Els Pyreneus
Country
FRANCE
Region
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
Sub Region
LANGUEDOC
Alcohol
14%
Product code
1ELS1B2008
Availability
3 cases
Grape Variety
60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10% Carignan

Tasting Notes

Lovely dark red colour. Very nice ripe fruit on the nose. Creamy on the taste with some nice hints of fresh spices.

Vinification Details.

A first selection takes place in the vineyard during the manual harvest followed by a second selection on arrival at the cellar. Fermentation between 20 and 23 C, 4 weeks maceration, extraction by soft pumping over. 30% aged in oak (12 months in medium toasted new French oak).

Producer Information

Launched in 2008 to great acclaim, the Els Pyreneus range throws away the old political borders to unite some of the most excitng terroirs on both the French and Spanish sides of the Pyrenees. The wines are made by top winemaker Jean Marc Lafage and are sourced from old vines in Roussillon, Emporda and Calatayud. Despite the wines all reflecting their individual terroirs, they are linked by a fantastic intensity of fruit and minerality that marks them out from the crowd.

Regional info.

The vineyards of the Roussillon were planted in the 11th Century by Greek mariners. L'Agly is one of the 3 rivers which traverse the region and have formed over time wonderful terraced slopes on poor pebbly soil which offer wonderful terrain to grow vines on.

More information

ageing potential

3-5 years

residual sugar

0.35g/l

vineyard name

Vallee de l'Agly

food match

Cotes de boeuf a la plancha

total acidity

3.4g/l

wine ph

3.7

makers name

Jean-Marc Lafage

vegans

Yes

organic

vegetarians

Yes