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Claude Courtois, Cailloux du Paradis Racines Rouge 2015

£38.00

  • Type:

    Red

  • Grape:

    Red Blend

  • Country:

    France

  • Grape Blend:

    30 + grapes

  • Region:

    Loire

  • Vegan:

    No

  • ABV:

    12%

  • Winemaker:

    Etienne Courtois

  • Bottle Size:

    750ml

Description

The red version of Racines is made from an undisclosed number of red varieties (Courtois is keen to emphasise the importance of viewing his wines as wholes rather than talking about the grape varieties contained within). Typically the majority of the wine is made from Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cot (the local name for Malbec). Very low intervention winemaking, with no added sulphur and everything done by hand. Deep purple in the glass the nose is redolent with pounded stones, warm iron and damp chalk. The palate has great depth of dried currant, fig and plum hewn to a depp, mineral bed. The wine has lovely acidity, a terrific structure and finishes with red berry fruit and mineral zest. Such vitality as if the roots referred to had sucked the life blood from the very soil.

  • Production Notes
  • Producer
  • Delivery Information

Very low intervention winemaking, with no added sulphur and everything done by hand.

Claude Courtois has created a small farm which exempli?es what biodynamic is in terms of biodiversity and self-sufficiency, although he does not consider himself to be a biodynamic grower. He farms a balanced & completely chemical free 13-hectares of vines in the heart of the VDP Sologne. Courtois also grows organic wheat, which he feeds to his cows. �Nothing comes into my vineyard,� he says, meaning no chemicals ever. He has created a well-balanced, bio-diversity with trees, fruit trees, vines, woods, and ?elds. No pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, chemical fertilizers, or synthetic chemicals of any kind are allowed on the vines or in the soil of the vineyards. He has his own methods for promoting the diverse life of the soil. The grapes�Gamay, Cabernet Franc, C�t (Malbec), Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc & Pineau d� Aunis�are harvested by hand and only indigenous yeasts are used during fermentation. Claude regards the soil on his farm as a living organism. He lives in harmony with nature and the wines he crafts are a pure and vibrant testament to outstanding Biodynamic winemaking. Claude, who is growing older, has started to pass off the winemaking to his son Etienne, who is already showing immense promise. Currently Claude only makes the Racines cuv�es and Etienne is in charge of the others. Etienne is another example of the new generation taking over, bringing a new level of precision to winemaking, much as Baptiste cousin has with some of his father Olivier�s wines. As Claude did before him, Etienne is continuing the tradition of very long elevage in barrel, including up to 4 years in barrel for the cuv�e des �tourneaux gamay! Etienne has begun to experiment with slightly shorter elevage times, and so far we have been excited by the added freshness and acidity we see in these wines. �

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