Mano à Mano

VINEYARD

Soil : Gravelly-siliceous                                   
Average vines age : 15-40 ans
Appellation : AOC Castillon    
Blend : 70% Merlot - 30% Cabernet Sauvignon
Production : < 800 bottles

IN THE VINEYARD

Sustainable farming with carefully managed soil or naturally grass cover and machine weeding rows. Zero herbicide. HVE4 certification.
We aim to protect the biodiversity and use very little inputs.
Hand-picked harvest on chosen parcel at optimal maturity and in the early morning; hand sorted and grapes de-stemmed.

IN THE WINERY

Alcoholic fermentation in small vats, manual punching down of the cap, gentle vatting for 3-week-long.
Racking and draining by gravity. Malolactic fermentation in vats.
Ageing for 12 months in 300L Italian amphora, and in French 160L.
Natural micro-oxygenation of the wine due to the amphora ageing.

Estate bottled
Wine with no use of allergens or eggs.
Lightly filtered