“X” Vin de France
Nicolas Jacob

Type
Red Wine
Appellation
Vin de France
Variety
Assorted Hybrids
Jacob's "X" Vin de France comes from a 0.10 ha sliver of hybrid "tenturier" vines that were planted sometime before 1940. A "tenturier" is a clothes dyer, and the name comes from the dark color of the juice. Hybrids are naturally resistant to disease, but were phased out because they were considered to produce inferior quality wine. Nicolas has an alternative hypothesis whereby synthetic chemical companies promoted this rumor so that these resistant grapes would be replanted with vinifera grapes that "required" more chemical treatments.
Viticulture
Vineyard name
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Soil type
Marl
Vines planted inOver 50 years old, undated
Vineyard size0.15 ha
PruningGuyot poulssard
Vinification
Direct press with no maceration
Elevage9 months in fiberglass tank
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringUnfined / Unfiltered
Additional info
Total production average< 5000 bottles total
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