Domaine Danjou-Banessy - Cotes Catalanes Rouge Roboul 2020

Roboul IGP Côtes Catalanes Rouge / Size: 4 ha (9.88 ac) / Variety: Mourvèdre and Grenache Noir / Vine Age: Planted between 1990 and 2005 / Terroir: Clay and limestone with galets roulés (rounded river rocks) on the Agly terraces. / Viticulture: Organic (certified), biodynamic methods. Yields are around 30 hl/ha here. / Vinification: 100% whole clusters (crushed), ambient yeast fermentation, infusion. Aged 12 months in used barrels. No chaptalization, acidification, fining, or filtration. Bottled by gravity in accordance with the phase of the moon.

Domaine Danjou-Banessy is located in the town of Espira de l'Agly, north of the city of Perpignan in the Pyrenees Orientales. Benoît Danjou and his brother Sébastien inherited from their grandfather this old vineyard which was used for the production of Rivesaltes. Today, they manage around fifteen hectares of parceled vines, aged 15 to 120 years. The vineyard is made up of a wide variety of soils (shale, sandstone, clay-limestone, quartz, pure clay, sand and silt), which requires plot work on different islets. Each cuvée produced represents a plot, a soil, a locality, a way of working. Benoît and Sébastien practice biodynamic techniques to enrich the soil and the vineyard is certified in organic farming.