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Bréchallune 2023 | La Croix Gratiot | Vinaris
  • Bréchallune 2023 | La Croix Gratiot | Vinaris

Bréchallune 2023 | La Croix Gratiot

16.89 €




Bréchallune 2023 | La Croix Gratiot | Vinaris
Bréchallune 2023 | La Croix Gratiot
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La Croix Gratiot, Yves and Anaïs Ricôme, Montagnac (Bassin de Thau), AOP Picpoul de Pinet. Biodynamic farming since 2016, certified organic AB since the 2021 vintage. Bréchallune: single-parcel selection on clay-limestone soils over a chalky plateau with direct maritime influence from the Étang de Thau. 100% Piquepoul Blanc.

Hand-harvested deliberately later than appellation standard. Vinified in 30% ceramic amphorae and 70% concrete vats. Five months on fine lees, no oak. 13% ABV.

Bréchallune 2023 – La Croix Gratiot

La Croix Gratiot, de Yves y Anaïs Ricôme en Montagnac, es una bodega situada en el Bassin de Thau, dentro de la Denominación de Origen Picpoul de Pinet (Languedoc-Rosellón, Francia). El Bréchallune 2023 es una cuvée parcellaire elaborada exclusivamente con uva Picpoul Blanc. La viticultura en la propiedad sigue principios biodinámicos desde 2016 y cuenta con certificación ecológica AB desde 2021.

Los viñedos se ubican sobre suelos arcillo-calcáreos en una meseta con influencia directa del Étang de Thau. La vendimia se realiza manualmente y de forma deliberadamente tardía para potenciar la concentración de las uvas. La vinificación combina el uso de 30% de ánforas de cerámica (grès) y 70% de cubas de hormigón. Tras la fermentación, el vino reposa durante cinco meses sobre lías finas sin contacto con roble, alcanzando un grado alcohólico de 13% vol.

Este vino se presenta como una expresión del carácter de su terroir y del método de elaboración, destacando el uso de materiales tradicionales como el hormigón y la cerámica para definir su perfil. La combinación de una cosecha tardía, el entorno marítimo y la crianza sobre lías finas conforman la identidad de esta botella de Picpoul de Pinet.

Learn more about La Croix Gratiot

The house was born of an uncommon coincidence: father and daughter decided to become winemakers at the same time. Yves Ricome began bottling his own wine at La Croix Gratiot in 2005, and his daughter Anaïs runs it today with him alongside.

The vineyard lies next to Montagnac, a few kilometres from the Mediterranean, and the picpoul grows on loam and limestone. Thirty-five hectares.

What Anaïs did on taking over runs against the current: instead of buying more land she reduced the planted area, so as to work what remained more closely. Almost every winery grows; this one chose to shrink.

She farms in conversion to organic and on biodynamic lines, with biodiversity as a stated aim.

After a spell in New Zealand she planted pinot noir, a variety hardly seen in this part of southern France.

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