Description
It’s all about the fruit! This no added SO2 bottling is a blend of Alicante and and Grenache. Positively summer pudding in a glass! Explosive fruit – berries and cherries and floral notes too, hints of orange zest and violets and tea soaked fruit. Don’t be fooled by the wine’s deep purple colour, it’s juicy, fresh, with just a hint of herbs and light tannins.
Dreamy, sweet blueberry and fresh blackberry fruit that is pleasingly aromatic, juicy, seamless that sits just right on the palate. Perfect for when you want the pleasures of gorgeous fruit with nice depth and presence but with a delightful lightness of touch because of the moderate alcohol (only 12.5% abv) and pleasingly light, soft tannin.
Alicante is a teinturier variety, one of the rare instances in which the pulp of a red grape is as coloured with anthocyanins as its skins. Despite the potential colour-depth of Alicante blends, Gramiller have been circumspect with extraction, the wine showing a vibrant and youthful transparent purple in the glass. The nose is sappy and high-toned, really foregrounding the Grenache through redcurrant and rhubarb aromas, but also offering herbal or spicy notes of fragrant foliage, like wild umbellifers or, surprisingly, caraway seeds. Beautifully light and silky on the palate, with yet more rhubarb and redcurrant. The acidity is really well judged, and some of the same fragrant sappiness offers structure and length. As you might expect given its gentle extraction, the tannins are relatively low, but this subtlety and juiciness makes it a beautiful summer evening drinker with real interest thanks to its intriguing aromatics.
The Maker:
Vigneron Frédéric Julien used to be Vice-President of the Cooperative Cellar of Rasteau and started his own domaine in 2017 in the village of Vaucluse. The estate takes its name from a part of the AOC called Gramiller – a terroir of many soils where they have 2.5 ha of vines. With 15 ha of vines spread across five lieu-dits, since his beginnings in vine growing some twenty years ago, Frédéric Julien has always been a big supporter of organic farming and a strong believer in the importance of farming with nature, rather than against it. Frédéric’s wines are very precise, with as little external input as possible. It’s all about the fruit! His no added SO2 cuvees are a masterclass in purity and consistency, and would convince even the most staunch critic of natural wine.
Food Pairing:
Utterly great on its own or with lighter meat dishes.
Additional Details:
Organic
Vegan Friendly
No added SO2
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