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| Appellation: |
Coteaux du Languedoc |
| Vintage: |
2001 |
| Varietals: |
Syrah and Grenache |
| Appearance: |
Dense ruby-purple color. |
| Nose: |
"A" d'Aumières possesses an expansive nose of black-currant and red raspberries. |
| Palate: |
The mouth is opulently-textured and concentrated, and this wine should drink for 10 to 15 years. |
| Terroir: |
Deep and well-drained; dominated by clay and limestone substances and covered by stones. |
| Climate: |
The combination of northern interior winds, with those from the south-western Mediterranean, moderate extreme temperatures but also dry the vines after the rain. |
| Yield: |
30 hl/ha from 25-year-old vines. |
| Alcohol: |
13,5 % vol. |
| Wine-making: |
The hand-picked grapes are initially destemmed before beginning fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless-steel vats for approximately 20 - 25 days, with periodic pumping over in order to achieve the ideal tannic extraction levels. |
| Aging: |
14 months in new French oak barrels. |
| Bottling: |
At the château. |
| Total production: |
7,000 bottles per year.
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