2024 Cyril & Elliot 'Blouge', Vin de France La Ciguapa Aging: Aged on the lees

Aging: Aged on the lees for 6 months in stainless steel tank with no stirring

The vines for this petit cuvée are planted on the north-facing side of the lieu-dit Charbonnières

he has shepherded the style of the wines through an evolution towards more nuance and complexity

A distinct and elegant salinity runs throughout

this is 100% Trollinger picked by hand and given a short cold soak before spontaneous fermentation on the skins

2024 Cyril & Elliot 'Blouge', Vin de France La Ciguapa Aging: Aged on the leesI discovered Blouge not that long ago really, through some cuves from Matassa I drank at Cave Septime this whole blending process was quite fascinating to me. Cyril and I discussed the project pretty early on, we first got to work on a ros base, out of my favorite grape there, Cinsault. And once that was done, we wanted more deptha little more color, something more Tavel like, more vinous. We started incorporating another component, still Cinsault,