Roussillon
A nose of orange peel, roasted apricot, beeswax, and subtle vegetal notes... The palate is fleshy, with a touch of well-integrated volatile acidity, which only adds greater pep and structure to the wine. Raphael suggests pairing Fille Sauvage with a cheese plate – and we heartily concur!
A cuvée that changes every vintage, 2020 is a Roussanne-based blend. The grapes were harvested by hand, then macerated 12 days in whole bunches, followed by gentle pressing and blending with one hectolitre of Macabeu vinified by direct pressing. The blend is placed in 500-litre demi-muid barrels that have seen several wines, without topping up of the barrels, allowing a veil of flor to form over the wine, protecting it during oxidative maturation of almost a year. Bottled in July 2021 without fining or filtration, and just a microdose of sulphur.
Raphael Baissas is the very definition of a free spirit. This thirty-something native of Perpignan, born to a wine merchant father and an artist mother, did a fair bit of wandering before he stumbled onto the vineyard path. As a lover of graffiti and techno, Raph was first drawn to the city life of concerts, cinema and computers, and even landed a job at Apple... But in 2014, the call of...
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