“X” Vin de France

Nicolas Jacob

Nicolas Jacob - X
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

-

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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