Provence
Domaine Henri Milan
Le Premier - 2018 - Théophile Milan
A powerful nose with notes of dark fruits, cocoa and garrigue. Palate: the Pinot Noir has expressed itself as extremely elegant, smokey & earth driven. Long lasting finish. Bravo!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2021 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
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A cuvée of Pinot Noir from young vines that were planted in 2011 by Henri and Théophile on the historical Clos of the estate, on alluvial debris from the Quaternary period, with gravel and sand soils. The whole vineyard is cultivated organically. Vinification: after whole grapes bunches were fermented in vats for about a week, this limited series wine was aged for one year in barrels that have seen several wines. Neither fined nor filtered, and just a small dose of sulphur at bottling. Only 720 bottles produced.

Théophile Milan
Théophile Milan has slowly been taking over this celebrated estate from his well-admired papa Henri – pioneer of sulphite-free wine in Provence and friend of Claude Courtois. The meeting of these two men 20 years ago would change Henri’s vision of wine. Domaine Milan is today a magnificent estate situated in the Alpilles mountains in the commune of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Henri was quick to...
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