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Domaine de la Garance, Vin de Liqueur
Pierre Quinonéro
This tiny domaine just to the north of Pézenas produces very small cuvées from old vines grown on limestone basalt and clay based soils. Cuvaisons are long, about 30 days, and the grapes are not de-stemmed.
Yields are very low, about 12 hectolitres per hectare on average. The Armières
is from 55 year old Carignan vines with a small yield. The 2000 is firm, rich, full flavoured and very
classy, with baked supple rounded fruit, distinctive, and with soft ripe
tannins. The 2001 needs longer, although Pierre feels that this
vintage has the greater potential. Powerful, long complex
flavours, firm, mouthfilling fruit, a wine for keeping at least
two to four years.
The Bruixas is a quirky Grenache based late picked wine, rich, figgy, peppery and porty, with some residual sweetness. Pierre
Quinonéro only produces tiny quantities of this nectar, from late picked Grenache with about three and a half percent of alcohol added to mute the wine at around thirteen and a half degrees of alcohol. Delicious.
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