Vin de France L’Equilibriste

Private: Agarrus

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Vin de France

Variety

100% Syrah

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Bérintin & Les Moutes

Soil type

Clay-limestone

Vine age1971, 1991

PruningDouble Cordon de Royat

ExpositionSouth

Vinification

Native yeast fermentation in stainless steel tanks

ElevageStainless steel tanks

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average1,066 bottles

UPC Code Bottle794020260581

More about
the producer

Private: 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 ...