Domaine de Beaurenard - Vin Doux Naturel Rasteau red 2016

Presentation

Presentation
Since 1980, Domaine de Beaurenard, property of the Coulon family, has also been cultivating a vineyard on stepped hillsides in the Rasteau appellation. On these sharp terroirs surrounded by vast swathes of woodland and garrigue, biodynamic farming reveals its full expression.
The vintage
After a rather mild winter and a dry and cool spring, summer will offer beautiful days, warm but not scorching, interspersed with cool nights. A dream weather, which will continue until the harvest, allowing to pick grapes at optimal maturity. The promise of a great vintage.
Terroir
Ground clay and limestone gravel (with many white pebbles rolled) on a particularly well-exposed hillsides. It is characterized by small clusters very concentrated.
In the vineyard
They are of course manual, advanced and mature enough to have sugar, but before the grapes are "wilted", so that the fruit is very present in the finished wines
Winemaking
These sun-drenched grapes contain more than 260g of sugar per liter natural before mutage which occurred on grain, followed by contact with the skin to fix the beautiful purple color and tannins to be rounded by raising. Bottling without filtration is carried out carefully in Area …
Ageing
2 years in oak barrels.
Varietal
Grenache noir : 100%
Specifications

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Tasting
We find in the mouth black and red fruits with a great breadth – freshness, which makes this sweet wine a moment of balance as the spices balance the sweet side to integrate it perfectly, with a very persistent finish.
Food pairings
Walnut pie.