Les Deux Albion Chateau Saint Cosme
Six weeks maceration. Full clusters. Clay slope (ancient alluvions), limestony marl, rolling stones.... read more.
Six weeks maceration. Full clusters. Clay slope (ancient alluvions), limestony marl, rolling stones. Aged in wooden vats and concrete vats. Les Deux Albion is a very traditional wine. It begins its life with an indigenous yeasts co-fermentation of full clusters and keeps going with a long maceration. Then it waits for 18 months in a simple concrete vat before being bottled without any filtration. How can I make a wine on a simpler way? In 2013, we certainly lost big quantities of Grenache but we got fantastic Syrah. As Deux Albion is made of 50% Syrah, 2013 is a great vintage for this cuvée. As the northern Syrah needs some sun, the southern Syrah needs the cool temperatures to make great wines: that was the scenario of 2013. Balanced, straightforward and full, Deux Albions 2013 is deep like a great vintage which ages well. There is less Grenache than usual but the other grapes « do the job » very well in this nice atypical vintage. Gingerbread, blueberry, smoked ham, violet. Bottled without any filtration.
