Les Coteaux

Winemaker

Gilles and daughter Madeline Ferran

Appellation

Rasteau

Varieties

Grenache (Garnacha), Syrah (Shiraz)

Viticulture

Hand harvested estate fruit. 100% destemmed and crushed.

Terroir

Soil is blue clay with layers of river and glaciar peebles and gravel. The elevation is between 330 - 350 meters with south exposure. Vines are an average of 35 years old. Grenache vines are Gobelet trained and Syrah vines are Cordon trained.

Ratings & Reviews

Vinification

Fermented with indigenous yeast in temperature controlled stainless steel vats for around 25 days. Each grape is vinified separately. Very delicate extraction during the fermentation with one délestage a week. Once the alcoholic fermentation is finished, they devat, press and store the free run wine in concrete vats. Malolactic fermentation takes place in the vats for 7 - 10 days if the temperature is stable. At the end of fermentation, the pump overs are done by dropping the pipe at the bottom of the vat so as the wine blows back the lees in suspension. This is a very interesting method to gain texture and round the tannins. Natural fining by decantation in vat; light filtration right before bottling.

Aging

Aged in concrete vats for 15 months. Aged in bottle for a minimum of 2 months before release.

Features

Bottle, Cork

Available Sizes (L)

0.750