Still
Nicolas Hirissou
AOP Gaillac
Duras, Syrah (Shiraz)
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.
Organic
Vineyards sit on a hill of gravel-based soils.
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.
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.
The wine is aged for 1 year in tank and 1 year in bottle prior to release.
Natural
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Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania