Côtes du Rhone
Domaine de la Jaufrette
Type
Red Wine
Appellation
Variety
67% Grenache13% Mourvèdre11% Carignan09% Syrah
This cuvée is the fruit of a marriage between Frédéric's grandparents. Each was from a winemaking family, but left home to create their own project in the 1950s. The young couple could only afford humble vines in Côtes-du-Rhône, but they chose vineyards laden with galets, which resemble the best neighboring terroirs, and slowly grew the domaine over many decades.
Viticulture
Soil type
Stony clay-limestone plateau
Vine age55 years old on average
Vinification
Whole harvest (not crushed, partially destemmed depending on the vintage). Traditional vinification in thermoregaluted long vatting. The different grape varieties are vinified together in order to obtain great aromatic complexity
Harvest typeHand Harvested