Côtes du Marmandais Histoires de Boire

Elian Da Ros

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Elian Da Ros - Côtes du Marmandais - Histoires de Boire 2019 Magnum

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Cotes du Marmandais

Variety

90% Merlot
10% Abrouiou

Histories de Boire came to creation in 2017 as a co-project of Sandrine and Elian to show that Merlot can be a versatile grape that can be vinified into glouglou easy to drink style through carbonic maceration. According to Sandrine, as the wine is so easy to drink, this cuvée is made only in magnums, "just to make sure that there'll be enough wine for 2 people."

Vinification

Harvest typeHand Harvested

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the producer

Elian Da Ros

Founded in 1997

19 hectares

Historically, the region around Marmande has been more famous for tomatoes than for wine. Elian Da Ros established his eponymous domaine in 1999 with a vision to show that the Marmandais terroir could produce exceptional wines to rival those of their famous neighbors in Bordeaux. Despite its geographical proximity to Libourne, the Côtes du Marmandais belongs to the part of France called the great Southwest, the land of incredible gastronomy, and what the British refer to as “charming” wines. As Elian puts it: “In the Southwest, we have to make wines twice as good at half the price…”

After working for five years with Domaine Zind-Humbrecht in Alsace, Elian returned to Cocumont in 1998 and constructed a simple winery, taking the daring step of being the first winemaker to pr...

Red Wine

Cotes du Marmandais

90% Merlot10% Abrouiou

90% Merlot
10% Abrouiou