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Pied Porcher2010

Clos de Trias winery is at location 2 (Northern part of Ventoux besides Chateauneuf-du-Pape)

A.O.C. Ventoux

100% Grenache Noir

1955

2010 50050Grenache27700L10 22

A new venture on an ancient homestead, Clos de Trias was born just a few days before harvest 2007. It was the culmination of a 3 year search; 14 vintages of winemaking in California; a marriage mixing cultures and passions; a young family of 5; a few of crazy investors; the steadfast support of a winemakers parents and family.

This will be a rare wine for many reasons. The parcel faces north so it is only in the best years that the skins, sugars, and stems will ripen together. The next Pied Porcher will be 2010.

Appellation:
A.O.C. Ventoux, southern Rhone

Country of Origin:
France

Type:
Red/Rouge (Still)

Age of Vine:
From 1955

Grape Variety:
100% Grenache Noir

Vinification:
Bottled June 2010, a very special wine, This wine represents both a micro-terroir and a technique. A single vineyard site that faces north climbing up to almost 500 metres of (mostly) Grenache planted in the mid-50s.

The total fermentation with stems was about 27 days. Racked and pressed into 700L barrels aged there for 10 months, then racked to a normal tank aging for another 22 and a half months before bottling.

Tasting Notes:
A lovely, deep and plumy nose of soft black fruit, smoked meat and spice with a touch of liquorice, coffee and smoke. Dry, low acidity, low tannins. Full bodied and mouth-filling with a lovely softness of spicy red/ blackcurrant/ berry. Lightly herbal with a concentrated port-like black cherry note. Again beautifully balanced with a good minerality. Very long with a smoky, wood spiced finish.