Domaine les Béates Terra d'Or, Côteaux d'Aix en Provence organic wine, 2019, from € 32.60

One might think that this red Domaine les Béates Terra d'Or red actually came into being on golden ground. But the opposite is the case, it is a barren soil on which the oldest vines of the winery stand, which supply the grapes for this red organic wine for the highest moments of pleasure. Of course, Pierre Francoise Terrat takes the greatest care in winemaking in order to complete the work
of nature.

Organic wine - profile

• Color: Deep Dark organic wine from one of the best vintages of the last decade!
• Nose: Intense and complex aromas of black currants, blackberries, grilled red peppers, herbs de Provence, sustainably spicy.
• Palate: Encouragingly open and accessible, just as people in Provence. Very powerful, with body contour and structure. This red wine is silky smooth and round in the mouth, with a long aftertaste. An organic wine that will be a long time remembered.
• Serving suggestion: serve it at a temperature of 16 to 18 ° C.

Organic wine - processing, Domaine Les Béates, Coteaux d'Aix en Provence, Terra d'Or, red

The perfect ripe grapes are harvested by hand, brought to the cellar in small boxes, where the stalks and panicles are removed. Then they are macerated for 3 to 6 weeks depening of the variety and the location of the vineyard, followed be the fermentation with the prapes own yeast.

The aging and refining of the young wine takes place in oak barrels with a capacity of 600 l, 500 l and 225 liters for a period of 9 months. Then comes the assembly, that is to say the fusion of single-varietal wines into a cuvée, which then matures and refines for another 9 months in large wooden barrels.

The organic wine at a glance

• Wine type: red wine
• Production area: Côteaux d'Aix en Provence
• Winery: Domaine Les Béates
• Grape varieties. 40 % Syrah, 30 % Grenache, 30 % Cabernet Sauvignon 
• Aging: in large barrels and one-year-old barriques
• Bottling: Domaine Les Béates
• Quantity: 750 ml
• Closure: natural cork
• Vintage: 2019
• Shelf life: 15 years from vintage
• Analysis: alcohol 14,57 % vol., residual sugar 0.4 g/l, total acidity 3.57 g/l, pH 3.52, total SO2 10 mg/l.
• Vegan suited
• Allergens: contains sulphites
• Organic certified FR-BIO-01
• This organic red wine is obtained directly from Domaine les Béates in 13410 LAMBESC, France
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