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About the Wine
C22, a wine that is both light and chiselled whilst also giving power and depth. Made with a blend of 2/3 Carignan and 1/3 Grenache. The Grenache comes from younger vines on north facing slopes, picked over two passes through the vines in order to get both fresh, early harvest fruit and some later, riper fruit.
The Carignan comes from much older 120 year old vines planted on south facing plots. The Carignan is picked at full maturity, pressed directly and added to the Grenache to co-ferment. A stunning wine from one of the greats!
Seriously limited quantities. One per customer only.
About Mazière
Mazière wines hail from Corbieres in the Roussillon, but orbit in a category all of their own. The vines are tended to without the use of chemicals and exposed carefully to ensure balanced ripeness whilst retaining freshness in this warm climate known mainly for producing heady, scorched reds. The cellar work is interesting and it is a meticulous and very specific process of development, or elevage, that imprints a real singularity once the grapes leave the vines. Everything is done in old barrel, each variety of grape fermented and aged separately, but each barrel is its own entity and what happens within will not be exactly the same in each case. Some barrels are bottled as they are, some are not topped-up as the wine evaporates leading to carefully controlled, intentional oxidation. Sometimes barrels are blended from different vintages if it is deemed to benefit the wine.