Le Credo (Côtes du Roussillon Villages) is an iconic wine from the dry wine range. The best plots of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre are the subject of very special care: debudding; leaf-stripping; removal of the secondary “entre-coeur” buds leaving only 3-4 clusters on each vine; the collection of the harvested grapes in crates of 10 Kg, in a single layer; transport and storage overnight at 4°C; double sorting table; maceration in 300 l open barrels and 500 l barrels with cap punching carried out twice daily and once only at the end of fermentation; a few gentle operations carried out to air the lees and moisten the pomace cap; slow pressing in a vertical manual press, no crushing; transferral into barrels for the malolactic fermentation; 6 months’ aging on the fine lees in foudres (very large oak vats) and in 8 hl Nomblot egg-shaped concrete tanks; blending, followed by a further 12 months’ aging in these same vessels.
Started 13 June 2017
