TREIZE VENTS

Grape varieties

50% Merlot

30% Cabernet Sauvignon

20% Syrah

AOP Limoux

The vineyard

Treize Vents is the name of the Syrah plot, at the highest point of the village of Pomas, with a breathtaking view. Soils of rolled pebbles, sandstone and clay. All three varieties are around twenty years old, short pruning in double guyot. Hand harvested, sorted on the vine, yield of 40 hl/ha.

Winemaking and ageing

Fully destemmed, natural fermentation with nothing added, long macerations. Aged in French oak for 20 months, barrels of 500 litres, first to third use.

Annual production

1,400 bottles

Food pairing

A wine to keep, up to fifteen years. Perfect with an aged rib of beef, black pork collar with truffle, a daube of beef cheeks, or simply by the fire.

Tasting

"A ripe bouquet of black cherry, notes of plum and liquorice, a hint of mocha, fine depth. Dense, concentrated, showing charm and a velvet extract, strong character, strong potential."

WEINZEITUNG 2013

A velvety, deep, robust bouquet of plums, dark chocolate, pepper, subtle dried fruit, tobacco, cardamom and dried herbs. A powerful, well-balanced, mineral-driven palate with full fruit, sweet aromas, fine, well-integrated tannins, and a spicy, full-bodied, long finish with good lingering flavours.

• WEINWISSER 2012 René Gabriel

Very dark, dense purple colour with a lilac rim. A mature bouquet of black cherries, hints of plum and liquorice, with a touch of mocha, revealing lovely depth. Dense and concentrated, it displays charm and a velvety texture, vinified precisely in keeping with its potential and fundamental character. A brilliant value from the South of France, which will surely soon be counted amongst the elite there. It will be exciting to follow this truly great wine, as it possesses considerable potential.

• Guide Bettane et Desseauve 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
• Decanter
• Gold medal Feminalise 2017
• Guide Hachette 2017