Lampyres - 'Anima' - Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah - Côtes du Roussillon, FR - 2018

Appellation: Vin de France. Cuvée: Anima. Colour: Red. Grapes: Grenache noir, Syrah and Mourvèdre a third each. About: FX Dauré’s second, big red, but still typical of his style for freshness and digestibility. Made by whole bunch carbonic maceration without any extraction. Vines Location: just south of Espira in the Roussillon. Size: 1.5 hectares. Age: vines planted Syrah in 2000, Mourvèdre in 1995. Soils: clay-limestone. Exposition: east-west. Altitude: 35 m. Training: although everything was planted in gobelet, much was re-trained to cordon de royat on wire in the 1980’s for the “convenience” of the worker, rather than the health of vine and fruit. Farming: organic, as above. Average yield hl/ha: 35. Winemaking Made by whole bunch carbonic maceration with 7 days on skins in fibreglass. Natural yeasts, some added sulfites. Matured on its fine lees for 6 months in inox and one old barrique. Vintage notes 2018 Yield hl/ha: 20. Harvested: picked mid August. Bottles produced: 2,000. Date bottled: 2019-03. Alcohol %: 12. SO2 Total: 30. Tasting: fruit is rich but still cool and clear, with juicy cherry, cassis, strawberry and black pepper notes, with firm tannins.