Côtes du Rhône Villages Visan Red 2021

Côtes du Rhône Villages Visan Rouge 2021

Les Grandes Serres

The Visan appellation is located in the north of the Provençal part of the Côtes-du-Rhône, in this enclave of the Popes, a small piece of Vaucluse embedded in Drôme Provençale. A land of hills, lavender, truffles, Aleppo pine, and vines that have held their AOC Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages designation since 1966. This is where the Domaine des Grandes Serres found the grapes from which this organic and natural cuvée from the Comics series is extracted, a fine and elegant wine strongly marked by red fruits, spices, and pepper. A wine for all occasions, produced from stony, clay-limestone, and sandy soils where, at an altitude of 600 meters and surrounded by forests, Syrah vines (98%) and a tiny bit of Grenache (2%) are grown, harvested by hand. The grapes are destemmed and undergo a cold pre-fermentation maceration. They are then macerated for three weeks on the skins, and the wine, after pressing, rests for six months in vats before bottling. Wonderfully drinkable and pleasant, from a terroir of great originality, deserving of being better known.

To find out more
Everyone knows where Châteauneuf-du-Pape is, but how well do we really know this appellation? The Domaine des Grandes Serres represents both its excellence and its vitality. The creator of exceptional estate and merchant wines, both red and white, he harvests, buys grapes, vinifies, and ages over a wide area, centered around Châteauneuf and the southern Côtes-du-Rhône, and including more peripheral areas such as Lirac and the Costières de Nîmes. In Châteauneuf-du-Pape itself, the estate owns twelve hectares. Founded in 1977, it has long been founded on respect for the environment and the terroir. Currently, a large portion of its vintages are organic and without added sulfites, although he does not publicly boast about it. Modestly, Samuel Montgermont, the estate's general manager, explains that the geological and climatic conditions, particularly the mistral wind, promote the health of the vineyard and allow for the elimination of inputs. Covering the entire range of white and red wines from the Midi and all their grape varieties, the estate is now committed to the production of natural wines under labels that take themselves in no way seriously, but the wines contained in the bottles - each bearing the name of its appellation - are solid and serious, in addition to being fresh and tasty.