Rosé Fruit Salad 2020

Fruit Salad Rosé 2020,

Domaine Capmartin

Here's a lovely natural rosé, without sulfur or additives, another success from Simon Capmartin: Fruit Salad alludes to the fruity richness we love in this estate's wines. One hundred percent Syrah, it comes from rolled pebble soils on red clay. The average age of the vines is twenty years. The use of cover crops helps loosen the soil and provides nutritional support, alternating with natural grass cover. The harvest is destemmed and macerated for about three days until fermentation begins: then a bleeding is performed, followed by liquid-phase vinification. Aging is six months in vats. Simon defines it as a "strong rosé." He confides that he hesitated to make this wine before Anthony Tortul, from La Sorga, gave him the following advice: "If you don't try it now, you'll never try it." Notes of redcurrant, raspberry, strawberry, crushed wild strawberry... This wine is more than pleasant, a real fruit juice. It has all the graces of rosé plus a few others.

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Guy Capmartin settled in 1985 in the former convent of Maumusson-Laguian, in the Gers, to exploit the magnificent surrounding soils, from which he would soon produce highly acclaimed wines in the Madiran and Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh appellations. In 1987, Tradition, his first vintage, was born. By the 2000s, he had decided to work exclusively in organic and biodynamic agriculture, a decision reinforced and entrenched by his son Simon, who took over. The wines were noted and received numerous awards. Certification was obtained in 2013, and the Demeter label is in progress. Taking advantage of his most specific plots on the estate, Simon also began to produce natural vintages, without inputs and according to the principle of minimal interventionism. Labeled Vin de France or Côtes-de-Gascogne, these are the vintages we offer at Culinaries.
The estate's grape varieties are organized around Tannat, the king of Madiran, surrounded by a palette as rich and diverse as the estate's soils: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, a little Syrah and Grenache Noir, plus a few old red vines currently being identified. A plot of tannat, located on a very fine and very supple clay-marl soil with gravel, is pre-phylloxera. For the white, Petit Manseng, Gros Manseng and Petit Courbu, as well as, for the Côtes-de-Gascogne, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris and Viognier.
The main objective of the Capmartin estate is to make frank, fruity, authentic and honest wines, perfectly reflecting their terroir, which explains the parcel-based nature of the wines under the appellation: one parcel corresponds to one vintage, and vice versa. This also explains the number and variety of vintages.