Domaine Les Yeuses, “Singulière” Cinsault 2023, Languedoc, France

About Domaine Les Yeuses: Domaine Les Yeuses has been owned by brothers Jean-Paul and Michel Dardé for over 30 years. It was built during the 13th century by the Order of the Templars on the site of a Roman villa on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Mediterranean The Domaine owes its name to a local forest of oak trees or “les Yeuses” in the local dialect. The vineyard, covering more than 80 hectares, lies on gently sloping hills of calcerous soil which enjoy the full benefits of maritime influence. Its unique position makes it ideally suited to growing a wide selection of grape varieties for which the vineyard is well renowned and for producing wines with notable freshness and aromatic fruit.

Description: Singular like the year 2023, this red with a nose on both the fruit (cherry, raspberry coulis) and floral (Peony, Rose), is delicately seductive and flattering.

Let’s go back a little…

The year 2023 was dry, just like 2022, two consecutive years of drought it shows, the vine grows little, the grapes are small and few.

Eve of the harvest, Magali leaves to take grape samples to refine the harvest date of this plot of Cinsault planned to make rosé. Magali had not seen this plot for a few months, Augustin came at the end of May to fill his daily life. “You can’t make rosé with the Cinsault de St Felix”

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ABV: 14%