2021 Colline de l’Hirondelle A la Volee
2021 Colline de l’Hirondelle A la Volee
Region: Corbieres < Languedoc < France
Grapes: 60% Mourvedre, 40% Syrah
Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified organic farming; each varietal destemmed and crushed separately, followed by a 15 day-fermentation in tank with light pump overs then matured in vats for 9 months; bottled unfined/unfiltered with no added SO2; zero-zero; 13.5%
- Woman winemaker and co-owner -- Jenn Ferrier (a Berkeley expat!)
- Small, certified organic family winery in the Aude
- Floral and fresh blend oozing with elegance
- Wild herbs, tobacco, leather, mushroom, forest floor, plum and violets
- This one has gravitas - present her proudly at your next dinner party
More about Colline de l’Hirondelle:
Didier comes from a winemaking family in the small town of Douzens near Carcassonne in the AOP of Corbieres. Jenn comes from Berkeley, CA. She studied French Literature and naturally travelled to France and naturally fell in love with a Frenchman. After travelling together (is there any better way to really get to know someone?), they moved back to Douzens and started a life in the Languedoc. They bought 4 choice hectares from Didier's father, were given 2.5 more as a wedding present, and have since planted another hectare and a half. They made their first wines in 2008 and sold them in 2010. Farming has been organic from the start. The hill where the winery and their house sits is a declared bird refuge (thus Colline de Hirondelle - Hill of the Swallow).
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