2023 Le Clos du Caillou Chateauneuf-du-Pape Les Safres

90 % Grenache Noir, 10 % Mourvedre from 60 year-old vines, from the lieu-dit of Les Bedines which adjoins Le Caillou (adjoining Pignan and down the lane from Rayas). Hand-picked and hand-sorted, 100 % destemmed then natural-yeast co-fermented in tronconique wooden casks. Cuvaison lasts 34 days with extraction via plunging and delestage (rack and return). Matured for 15 months in 90% old demi-muids (600 L) for the Grenache and 10 % old barriques for the Mourvedre.