Style
Red
Type

Still

Winemaker

Nicolas Hirissou

Appellation

AOP Gaillac

Varieties

Duras, Syrah (Shiraz)

Viticulture

5500 vines/hectare. 40 hectoliters produced per hectare. Organic vineyard practices with mechanical harvest. The winery is currently undergoing the 3 year process of becoming certified Agriculture Biologique.

Farming

Organic

Terroir

Vineyards sit on a hill of gravel-based soils.

Vineyard

Located on both banks of the Tarn, surrounding the historical town of Gaillac, the 38 hectares of the Domaine duMoulin combine two soils of high quality and original vines. The advantageous combination of the two lands produces both fat and fruity wines on clay-limestone soils, and finessed and tannic wines produced on gravelly soil. Great care is taken to work the soil and vine management in a reasoned way out of respect for nature. Thus, the constant search for balance allows the winery to bring a harvest of quality. A strict control of yields, 40 to 45 hectoliters per hectare, and even 25 hectoliters for red wine Florentin, followed by individual fermentation per plot, brings character to each finished wine.

Vinification

Fermentation begins with natural yeasts. During a one month maceration the wine is pumped over to allow movement through the tanks. The wine also goes through natural malolactic fermentation. 5000 cases produced.

Aging

The wine is aged for 1 year in tank and 1 year in bottle prior to release.

Features

Natural

Available Sizes (L)

0.750

Distribution Area

Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania