Clos du Joncuas Gigondas, AOC, red, organic wine, from € 26.20

Clos du Joncuas, Gigondas, AOC, red, organic wine, 2016, from € 26.20

If the following statement, "everything was better in the past", is correct, then it is the way in which organic wine has been produced at the Clos du Joncuas winery for more than a hundred years, although the term did not exist then. Because none of the "modern" chemicals contribute to improving the quality of the wine, as you can see, smell and taste the clean characteristics of the Clos du Joncuas Gigondas

Organic wine profile

• Color : As long as it is young, this wine has a deep, lingering purple which, with increasing maturity, transitions into purple and finally into dark brick red.
• Nose : the intense aromas are composed of red and black fruits in their youth. As the maturity grows, more and more spicy notes are added, as well as a light touch of woody notes.
• Palate : the taste is fresh, fruity and full-bodied, with a very mature maturity (from 4 years), very dense, with a feeling southern, velvety soft on the palate but with mature tannins which provides a long finish.
• Serving suggestion: 16° C is the right temperature. It goes well with roasted duck breast with sour cherry in balsamic sauce, to a steak of beef, game, venison, also mature cheese varieties.

Organic wine - processing, Clos du Joncuas, Gigondas

Dany Chastan, the charming daughter of the estate owner is responsible for wine processing. It characterizes the traditional wine style, as it fits to the region, grapes and soil. At the beginning of October, the grapes are harvested in an optimal state of ripening by hand and fermented slowly in mash tunes for approximately 18 days. During this process, the grape husks floating on the must are regularly mixed with the liquid so that all the ingredients in the dishes can dissolve and pass into the must. During the subsequent 12 months aging in large wooden barrels, the wine is filled three times from one into another barrel, the solids remaining on the bottom of the barrel. In this way the wine can be clarified without having to be filtered.

The wine at a glance

• Type of wine: red wine
• Region of Production: Gigondas, Rhône
• Producer - wine estate: Clos du Joncuas
• Grape varieties: 80 % Grenache, 20 % Mourvedre, Cinsault an some others
• Aging: in large wooden barrels
• Bottling: Clos du Joncuas
• Quantity: 0.75 l
• Closure: natural cork
• Vintage: 2016
• Shelf life: 8 to 12 years.
• Alcohol: 15 % vol.
• Allergenes : contains sulphites
• Vegan suited
• Organic certified FR-BIO-01
• We source this wine directly from the  Clos du Joncuas, 84190 Gigondas, France

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