Roussillon
Clos du Rouge Gorge
Une Vie la Nuit - 2019 - Cyril Fhal
A nose with notes of raspberries, black cherries and violet... On the palate: fresh, supple, balanced, fruity... a lovely surprise!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Côtes catalanes IGP
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2021 to 2026
- rock’n’roll
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100% Syrah, from purchased grapes taken from vines planted over Trevillac and Montalba at 600 metres altitude, a cool area. Viticulture and vinification are straightforward and natural; infusion is practiced during vinification for greater delicacy. Fermentation and maturation in cuves, and natural decantation before bottling. 1 to 1.5 g/hl of sulphur at bottling, which is to say not much at all.

Cyril Fhal
Cyril Fhal launched his 5-hectare estate in 2002 in Latour-de-France, just 5 km from Calce, home to numerous renowned winemakers. The young Parisian, his viticulture/oenology diploma in hand, had been on the look out for parcels in the region when he stumbled upon these old vines – between 50 and 100 years old – which no one wanted to work, because they were planted on steep slopes unsuitable...
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