Les Heretiques
- Red
- 80% Carignan, 20% Grenache
Winemaking Information
The Carignan goes through a full carbonic maceration. The Grenache is destemmed and macerates 21-30 days in concrete tanks with one remontage per day. The wine is fermented with selected yeasts. Three grams of S02 per hectoliter are added after malolactic fermentation.
SO2: During winemaking
Fining/Filtration: Light filtration at bottling (non-sterile)
Vineyard Information
Appellation: Pays D'Hérault IGP
Soil Composition: Clay, Limestone
Farming: Sustainable
Fun Facts: Les Hérétiques is named in recogntion of the Cathars, a heretical Christian group once based on the Languedoc but wiped out by order of Pope Innocent III in 1208 in response to the murder of a papal representative by a Cathar supporter near Minervois.
Thanks to importer Louis/Dressner for details above