Details:
Producer: Les Ussels
Vintage: 2023
Variety: Carignan, Carignan Blanc, Grenache
Country: France
Region: Auvergne, Languedoc-Roussillon
Terroir: Clay, Limestone
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 12.5%
Description:
Gorgeous négoce wines from Auvergne micro-domaine Les Ussels.
Auvergne natives Amelie and Alex Desanges-Guilin farm a little over 1 hectare across 3 vineyard plots around Claremont Ferrand, all of which are planted to Gamay d’Auvergne. A young couple, both former-sommeliers and now young parents, they now manage their home property as an agroforestry project, with vines interplanted with trees and all work completed without the use of chemical inputs.
Supplementary to the bottlings from their exquisite and very low-yielding home block, the négoce wines make up a large proportion of their production, with fruit coming from good friends in the Languedoc-Rousillon, Julien Fabregac and Vincent Lafage.
2023 was an exceptional vintage, with all the wines boasting deliciously fluid and expressive fruit.
This cuvee comes from macerated carignan and carignan blanc as well as direct-press grenache. A light red wine – spice-laden and peppery with ripe sun-kissed fruit, fine yet present tannin and lots of elegance and fluidity on the palate.
Details:
Producer: Les Ussels
Vintage: 2023
Variety: Carignan, Carignan Blanc, Grenache
Country: France
Region: Auvergne, Languedoc-Roussillon
Terroir: Clay, Limestone
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 12.5%
Description:
Gorgeous négoce wines from Auvergne micro-domaine Les Ussels.
Auvergne natives Amelie and Alex Desanges-Guilin farm a little over 1 hectare across 3 vineyard plots around Claremont Ferrand, all of which are planted to Gamay d’Auvergne. A young couple, both former-sommeliers and now young parents, they now manage their home property as an agroforestry project, with vines interplanted with trees and all work completed without the use of chemical inputs.
Supplementary to the bottlings from their exquisite and very low-yielding home block, the négoce wines make up a large proportion of their production, with fruit coming from good friends in the Languedoc-Rousillon, Julien Fabregac and Vincent Lafage.
2023 was an exceptional vintage, with all the wines boasting deliciously fluid and expressive fruit.
This cuvee comes from macerated carignan and carignan blanc as well as direct-press grenache. A light red wine – spice-laden and peppery with ripe sun-kissed fruit, fine yet present tannin and lots of elegance and fluidity on the palate.
