IGP Pays d’Oc Rouge

Petit Canet

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

IGP Pays d'Oc

Variety

100% Syrah

The Petit Canet cuvée comes from a unique ecosystem of clay-limestone and clay-sand soils located between La Dourbie and L’Herault rivers. They have been farming organically since 2003, and their only direct neighbor is a beekeeper who lets his bees out to help pollinate all the vines. The majority of the vines were planted in the 1960s and 1970s, though some of the Carignan dates back even longer.  This wine was especially blended for Paris Wine Company to highlight the old vine Carignan from the region.

Viticulture
Vineyard name

Lieu-dit La Dourbie

Soil type

Clay-limestone and clay-sandy soils

Vine age55 years olds on average
Vineyard size5 hectares
PruningCordon de Royat
Altitude300 meters for Carignan, 100 meters for Grenache and Syrah
Vinification

100% destemmed. Native yeast fermentation in stainless steel and concrete tanks. Vatting for 15 days at 30°C maximum. Pumping over and low addition of SO2

ElevageStainless steel tanks
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringFined with bentonite