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Moelleux de Muscat White 2010
A sweet Muscat that will intrigue your palate: charm, character, complexity, a touch of mystery, a sweetness that lingers languidly. For lovers of wines that stray from the beaten track without losing their voluptuousness.
Natural wine with no added sulfites.
Muscat Sec des Roumanis White 2009
This dry Muscat à petits grains comes from century-old vines planted in limestone soil very close to the bedrock. The grapes are foot-trodden, very lightly macerated, then aged for several months in stainless steel vats.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.
Muscat Sec Des Roumanis White 2010
This dry Muscat Petit Grain comes from century-old vines planted in limestone soil very close to the bedrock. The grapes are foot-trodden, very lightly macerated, then aged for several months in stainless steel vats.
A natural wine with no added sulfites.
Muscat Petit Grain White 2002
A liqueur muscat in the tradition of Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, the region where the estate is located. This petit grain muscat is a fortified wine, meaning a must whose fermentation has been interrupted by the addition of alcohol. This produces a delicious beverage, both sweet and fresh, with incredible aromatic complexity. You can keep it chilled almost indefinitely after opening, tightly corked: ideal for pouring a drink for friends who are visiting. Also interesting for catering, served by the glass, due to its stability once the bottle is uncorked. Almost unlimited pairings. Serve chilled.
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Le Petit Domaine de Gimios is located near Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, an ancient terroir and source of sweet muscats from the Languedoc. In fact, the estate is dedicated to the region's typical small-grain muscat (in addition to a few other varieties), and Anne-Marie Lavaysse is firmly rooted in tradition by producing fine wines from this precious grape variety. In 1993, she and her son Pierre took over several old, abandoned vineyards, which she now uses to create the estate. Small, certainly, but multicultural and almost self-sufficient: the muscat from old vines shares the space with vegetable and food crops, fruit trees, and some livestock farming. None of this receives any chemical inputs, sulfur, or mechanical force, and the estate, certified by Écocert, is cultivated biodynamically. On these five hectares, viticulture and mixed farming are one. The harvest is carried out by hand in the early morning, destemmed and foot-trodden, before macerating for approximately ten days using native yeasts. No sulfites are added during bottling. The wines are universally described as "delicious," "pure and fresh," "clear and easy to drink." The house produces dry, sweet, liqueur-like, and fortified muscats, as well as very fruity reds made from traditional local grape varieties. Everywhere, the impression of biting into fresh grapes is felt.
Christelle Pineau, La Corne de vache et le Microscope, éditions La Découverte, Paris, 2019.
Where?
In Haut-Languedoc, Gimios is a locality near Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, the famous source of sweet Muscat. Anne-Marie Lavaysse makes no exception to tradition by producing fine wines from this local grape variety. The estate, which she created in 1993 with her husband Pierre, by taking over several old, abandoned vineyards, is small in name but grand in spirit. While it is dedicated to grapes, they must share the space with other vegetable and food crops, and some livestock. This is a traditional farm where the Lavaysses grow and harvest their own food, and the vines fit into this environment. Neither on the farm nor in the vineyards, nor in the vineyards, is any chemical used, nor is any mechanization practiced. Organic farming is a profession of faith for Anne-Marie, a sensitive and instinctive woman, attentive to nature (and to natural wine) with all her body and soul.
Terroir, plots, and grape varieties
Composed of former abandoned vineyards, the estate covers approximately five hectares, with a total of sixteen plots of native varieties. The vines, more than a century old, are located on rocky, even stony, schist-limestone slopes, at an altitude of nearly 320 meters. Muscat à petits grains, a local specialty, represents the majority of the grape varieties, and the red grape varieties are those one would expect in the region: Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Syrah, a third of each. Carignan, Cinsault, Terret Rosé, Noir or Blanc, Œilade, Alicante, Aramon, and more complete the ensemble. A veritable Southern ampel library.
Growing Methods
For Anne-Marie, viticulture and mixed farming are one and the same. Mixed among her vines are fruit trees, vegetables, salads, wild herbs, and not to mention the cow that can sometimes be seen grazing there. The viticulture is biodynamic (Demeter and Ecocert certified) and entirely natural, with no added sulfur, copper, or chemical inputs of any kind. Anne-Marie intends to respect the word "nature" to the utmost: the soil is neither plowed nor weeded (the cow and occasional mowing provide what's necessary), and the vines, untrained and never diseased, receive only a little infusion of wild herbs picked on the site. The harvest, entirely manual, takes place in the cool of the morning.
Vinification
The harvest is destemmed and then foot-trodden in the traditional manner. Vinification begins with a skin-on maceration of approximately ten days in stainless steel vats using indigenous yeasts. For the blends, the grape varieties are co-fermented in vats. No sulfites are added at bottling.
The Wines
"Delicious wines," "purity and freshness of the fruit," "frank and easy to drink"—praise is pouring in from all sides, both for the wonderful dry, sweet, and liqueur Muscats, and for the deliberately fruity reds. The Muscats display extraordinary freshness: dry, they offer a lovely roundness and a very seductive hint of sweetness; sweet, they retain a lovely acidity through their lush nature. Anne-Marie strives to preserve the impression of biting into fresh grapes in all her wines, but the minerality of the soils and the concentration provided by the old, low-yielding vines are also very present. These very balanced wines are as highly regarded as bottles are rare.
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