ORIGIN
Languedoc, France
APPELLATION
AOC Côtes Catalanes
VINEYARD
80-100-year-old vines planted in 99 acres of black schist clay soils
BLEND
100% Grenache Gris
FARMING
Hand harvested, sorted twice
AGING
Aged for 7-months in barrels and stainless-steel tanks
Seduced by the quality of terroirs in Roussillon, Thunevin teamed up with a local vigneron and true man of the soil, Jean-Roger Calvet, and in 2000 bought a few hectares of vines located on Maury’s magnifi-cent terroirs of black schist. As he says, “Why invest the other side of the world when there are wonderful old vines, inexpensive land and awesome countryside on the doorstep?”