Wines
saint alix
appellation
Aop MALEPÈRE
COLOUR
Red
GRAPE VARIETIES
50% MERLOT
20% CABERNET FRANC
20% GRENACHE
10% CABERNET SAUVIGNON
WORK ON THE VINES
Each plot is worked differently depending on the grape variety
Manual disbudding and suckering
Manual thinning in July
WINEMAKING
Harvesting at night when grapes are at their optimal ripeness
Full destemming
Vatting over 15 to 25 days depending on the grape variety
Fermentation at 25 to 28°C
MATURATION
Six months in vats, with quarterly racking
CHARACTERISTICS
A bright cherry-red colour, this wine foretells a long life to come; a wonderful complexity, with blackcurrant and sour-cherry aromas.
FOOD AND WINE PAIRING
charcuterie, leg of lamb with potato thyme from the Pays de Sault, crunchy Saint Paul de Fenouillet, small Carcassonne