Description
Named after the route départmentale between Calce and le Col de la Dona on the Côtes Catalanes. Naming a cuvée after a motorway sounds crazy, but it isn't. Just drive over it next summer holiday. With a bottle of D18 to boot. Both do each other justice. A selection of the most beautiful Grenache gris and -blanc grapes from the estate. Pure finesse and with an enormous volume. In the nose light tones of fennel and verbena and beautiful floral. Subtle, elegant and with soft bitter tones. A wine with great complexity that lingers for a long time.
Olivier Pithon, a winegrower in Calce, a village near Perpignan. Olivier is the brother of Jo Pithon, the famous winegrower from the Loire of Domaine Pithon-Paille . He ended up in Calce via Gérard Gauby, one of the best winegrowers in the region and a friend of his father, and decided to start his own domain. Today the domain has 15ha of vineyards, with 7ha of white and 8ha of red. Olivier has now become one of the leading winegrowers in the region and a pioneer for the new generation.
The subsoil here contains schist, slate, loam and limestone and Olivier seems to be a master in letting that terroir express itself. He works biodynamically and only works with local grape varieties.
Especially his top wines are real terroir wines, grape, soil, air, climate all come to the surface in his wines paired with a high minerality. A clean and neat style.
Country / Region: France / Côtes Catalanes Blanc
Grape variety: Grenache Gris and Grenache Blanc
In the vineyard : Manual harvest and biodynamic. Terroir of Schiste
In the cellar: Only the use of our own yeasts. Maturation in stainless steel for 14 to 16 months. Without the addition of So2.
Quality mark: Organic, biodynamic & vin nature
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