Domaine des Terres Falmet - Carignan 2021

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Producer	Domaine des Terres Falmet
Country	France
Region	South of France
Subregion	Languedoc
Varietal	Carignan
Vintage	2021
Sku	12014153
Size	750ml

  

A beautiful example of 100% Carignan from 80+ year old bush trained vines grown on clay-limestone hillside vineyards. This is a wine that punches above its price point, with lovely aromatic notes of black raspberry and spice notes. On the palate, the wine is medium bodied and textured with a supple finish. Only 500 cases produced! Organic (not certified). While Yves’ vineyards are located within the St Chinian appellations, his wines are all declassified into Vin de France as monovarietal wines are not allowed within the AOC.

The grapes are picked by hand at optimal ripeness at the end of September or early October. Upon arriving in the cellar, the grapes are immediately de-stemmed then lightly crushed and put into tank. Fermentation is spontaneous and there is no temperature control. Yves keeps the wine in the same tanks for an additional four weeks with daily pump-overs before racking into separate tanks for another year and a half.

For Yves Falmet, whose family comes from the Côtes de Bar in Champagne, tending to steep hillside vineyards is just a way of life. Yves owns 25 contiguous hectares of hillside vineyards in Cebazan, within the Saint-Chinian appellation in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Yves was able to acquire this rocky parcel planted on clay-limestone in 1996 because the other vignerons in the area, who sell to the local cooperative, had no interest in the amount of work it would take to maintain these steep hillside vineyards. As Yves says: “no one wanted the land. Its inclines made growing conditions extremely harsh and dangerous.” Starting with these rugged vineyards, Yves slowly recovered the vines and rehabilitated old farm buildings which he converted into a functional winery and cellar.