Terra Vinya 2001
Languedoc - Roussillon - Banyuls
 
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Tasting notes
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            Appearance:
                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        intense garnet-red.
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            Nose:
                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        stewed fruits and cocoa aromas, very intense nose.
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            Palate:
                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        perfect balance between alcohol and sugar. Long persistency.
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                Sommelier's advice: Aperitif drink Blue cheese Chocolate desserts
                                            
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Grape variety/varieties:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                100% Grenache.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Harvest:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                Grapes are hand-harvested when they are very ripe with a natural alcohol content above 15%.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Soil:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                The slopes are located on very old schisty soils from the Primary Era. They are shallow and very poor.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Vinification:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                The crop is destemmed and crushed. A long fermentation is long (more than one month) with the addition of alcohol on the must in order to favour the extraction of aromas and tannins.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Ageing:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                The wine is aged in oak casks for 16 months.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Alcohol content:
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                16.5
                                                            
                                                        
                                                     
                     
                         
                 
                 
                