Clos du Joncuas Gigondas, AOC, organic wine red, from € 29.40

Clos du Joncuas, Gigondas, AOC, rouge, organic wine, 2020, from € 29.40

The organic wine Clos du Joncuas Gigondas, like all the wines from the winery, has been produced without chemicals for more than a hundred years. You can see, smell, taste and feel its absolute purity. 

Organic wine - profile

• Colour: very beautiful and dark crimson.
• Nose: its youthful, fruity scents of light and dark stone fruit, also red and black berries, become sweetish spices and woody notes with increasing maturity Notes are added.
• Mouth: Its complex aromas, dominated in its youth by stone fruits (black fruits, red fruits) develop into spicy and woody notes when they have reached full maturity.
  It is a harmonious and authentic organic red wine that reflects the Clos du Joncuas terroir. Harmonious, velvety on the palate and a very long-lasting aftertaste.
• Drinking recommendation: serve at 16 to 18° C.

Organic wine - preparation, Clos du Joncuas, Gigondas

CLOS DU JONCUAS, in the heart of the Gigondas vineyard, is a unique organic winery in Gigondas for its location, soil, cultivation and winemaking method. 

The geographical, geological and climatic conditions in
Gigondas, Vacqueras and Seguret

• It is located in a privileged geographical position where the vines thrive on terraces in full sunshine and protected from the cold mistral winds by the Dentelles de Montmirail mountain range are.
• The soil in the vineyards is composed of elements of the oligocean and limestone from the Triassic epoch (about 230 million years ago), with red-ocher colored Earth and dolomite with gypsum and cargneules (a carbonate sedimentary rock).
• The climate is hot and dry, with 2,800 hours of sunshine per year.
• The mistral is the prevailing wind.
• The grape varieties are Grenache (80%, the rest are Mourvedre, Cinsault and very small proportions of old grape varieties that are still scattered throughout the vineyards.< /li>
• The grapes are harvested manually at the beginning of October, very early in the morning when the weather is sunny and the temperature is still cool.
• Vinification follows the traditional style of the region in cement vats for the red wines of Clos du Joncuas and in stainless steel tanks for the rosé wines.
• The temperature during winemaking (maceration and fermentation) is 30° to 33° C for red wines and 18° C for rosé wines. This process is initiated without the addition of foreign yeasts and takes 25 to 32 days. During this process, the grape skins floating on the must are regularly stirred with the must so that all the ingredients in the skins can be dissolved and transferred to the must.
• The wines are made by racking, which is called transferring the wine from one container to another, leaving the solids at the bottom of the container. This is a time-consuming process, but it avoids fining and filtering the wine.
• The aging of the red wines takes place in large oak barrels (no barriques) and lasts a year. Rosé wines mature in stainless steel tanks until April of the following year.

  The name Gigondas comes from jucunditas, which in Latin means joy and happiness. It became Gigondas over time. A village that has lived for two millennia at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail mainly from its vines and the wine that expresses the generosity of its terroir.

  The wine at a glance

  • Cultivation area: Gigondas, Rhone
  • Winery - Producer: Clos du Joncuas
  • Grapes: 80% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, Cinsault and other ancient indigenous grape varieties
  • Aging: in large wooden barrels
  • Bottler: Clos du Joncuas
  • Content: 0.75 l
  • Closure: natural cork
  • Year: 2020
  • Storage: 10 - 15 years from vintage
  • Alcohol: 15% Vol.
  • Allergen warning: contains sulphites
  • Organic wine certified FR-BIO-01
  • We source this organic wine directly from Clos du Joncuas, 84190 Gigondas, France

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