My concern is to speak about honest and frank wines. I’m only seeking for winemakers trying to understand how the ground is working to satisfy grape varieties to produce something good. I don’t care about styles : oaky or not, new world style or terroir wines, brand or tradition, fulbodied […]
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Wines are matured in oak barrel or in vats (stainless steel or concrete) for 3 main reasons :
Modifying the phenolic structure and making tannins smoother
Stabilizing the colour, limpidity and colloids
Developping aromas
The length of maturation, the use of enological products, temperature, nature of wood affect the […]
Palette appellation.
A very small appellation : 42 ha (105 acres). This tiny AOC take place between two villages : Tholonet and Meyreuil, by Aix en Provence. Only 2 wineries are producing the excellent AOC Palette white : Château Simone at Meyreuil and Château Crémade at Tholonet
Grounds : its a […]
Beaumes-de-Venise vine area is located on the southern and eastern part of the Dentelles de Montmirail massif. AOC ‘s surface is 600 hectares (1500 acres) on the communes of Beaumes-de-Venise, Lafare, La Roque, Alric and Suzette. Altitudes are spreading from 100 m to 500 m.
The groung is made of 3 kinds of […]
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