Lunar Apogé Syrah Pay D’oC
pays d'oc, France
IN THE VINEYARD:
APPELLATION: Pays D’Oc
VINEYARDS: 50 Has in Roquemaure, close to Avignon, family owned.
VARIETALS: Syrah 100% Estate Grown
FARMING: Dry farming. No chemicals used (pesticides, fertilizers, additives, etc). 100% Organic and Biodynamic Certified by Demeter.
PLOUGHING: The soil cover is maintained. Annual ploughing.
SOILS: Sand, colluvium, clay, limestone and round pebbles.
WEATHER: Mediterranean
VINES: 25 year old vines. Traditional Trellis.
HARVEST: Entirely made by hand in small crates on the 1st half of September. Nocturnal harvest by hand to prevent oxidation.
IN THE CELLAR:
FERMENTATION: With the native yeasts from the Estate in small stainless steel tanks
TREATMENTS: No chaptalization and acidification at all. The idea is to stay natural as much as possible.
PRESSING: Traditional.
MALOLACTIC: Yes
AGING: 4 months in concrete tanks.
FINING/ FILTRATION: The wine is allowed to settle naturally by gravity and is only minimally fined or filtered.
SULFUR: Less than 30 ppm
WINEMAKER: Fabien Leperchois.