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IGP Cevennes Rouge La Vigne du Facteur

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Serge Scherrer - Agarrus La Vigne du Facteur

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

IGP Cevennes

Variety

45% Grenache Noir
20% Syrah
20% Carignan
0& 5%Cinsault

La Vigne du Facteur (The Postman’s Vineyard) refers to Serge Scherrer’s first career as the town mailman. This blend of Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, and Cinsault comes from the first old vines that Serge acquired in the hills outside of Uzès. It’s a sunny, southern, spicy red wine that rests lightly on the palate. Vinified in stainless steel tanks, with only very minimal addition of sulfur, ‘La Vigne du Facteur’ is a unique vision of the old vines and forgotten terroir around the Pont du Gard.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Bérintin, Lussan, Ozon, & La Gardiole

Soil type

Sandy limestone with clay

Vine age1985-1995

PruningDouble Cordon de Royat

ExpositionSouth / Southwest

Vinification

Native yeast fermentation in stainless steel tanks

ElevageStainless steel, bottled in July 2020

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average6,500 bottles

UPC Code Bottle794020260550

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Agarrus

Founded in 2007

10 hectares

It sounds a bit like a fairytale, but it’s true. After years of delivering mail in his native Alsace, Serge Scherrer transferred to the South of France and took over the mail route in the potter's village of Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie. Although Serge grew up and studied winemaking in Alsace, he wasn’t able to create a domaine from scratch in his home region. Regardless, Serge always stayed friends with winemakers in the region, notably with natural wine legend Bruno Schueller.

After settling in the south near the quaint medieval town of Uzès, Serge purchased four hectares of old vine hillside vineyards around Saint-Quentin that no other vigneron cared to bother with. However, the site’s small yields were producing some of the best fruit around. After his official retirement ...