pater familias
Our Pater Familias (Father of the family in Latin) comes from a plot of old Grenache aged over 70 years, cut into cups and cultivated on clay-limestone soils of the Miocene era.
Food matches
It will seduce you as a companion of a terrine of pheasant, a braised duck with turnips, a filet of beef with truffles or a risotto with ceps. Serve at 15°C..
Appellation
IGP Oc.
Grape variety
100% Grenache noir.
Age of the vines
70 years.
Terroirs
Argilo-clacereous.
Mode of driving the vines
Gobelet..
Yield
15 hl/ha.
Vinification
Wholegrapes harvested by hand in boxes of 10 Kgs and vinified in barrels of 400 liters. Maceration in open barrels with two daily picks, then one at the end of fermentation.
Aging
In oak barrels for a year.
Tasting notes
This rich and deep wine offers, thanks to its advanced maturity, a great aromatic amplitude revealing notes of kirsch, plums and blackcurrant.
