Description
Olivier Pithon's Cuvée "Laïs" is named after his cow Laïs, who originally comes from the cool British island of Jersey (off the coast of Normandy), and now grazes on the warm Catalan land. Her manure is used to fertilize the soil and she herself for ploughing the earth. This wine is full, rich and sultry, but has fresh and spicy notes just like the white wines. Ripe forest fruits, spicy, tannins and yet very long elegant mineral finish. Wines to drink with attention. At their best with some oxygen, so open about an hour in advance, or serve in a carafe. Store the wine at a temperature of maximum 15 degrees.
The wine is made using the vin nature method: no additives have been added, the sulphites and yeasts in it are natural. Wine that only becomes more beautiful with time, natural wine par excellence.
Delicious with: Red meat, game and aged cheeses.
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 / Languedoc-Roussillon
- Grape variety(s): 40% Carignan, 40% Grenache Noir, 20% Mourvèdre
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In the vineyard: Very calcareous soil. Completely organic farming, land is worked by cow Laïs. Vines average 40 years old.
- In the cellar : 20-30 days cold maceration. Spontaneous fermentation. 16 months maturation in concrete and barrique , without addition of So2.
- Quality mark: Organic, biodynamic & vin nature
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