Maelström 2022

Pierre et l'Étoile

100% Carignan from 65-year-old vines — whole-cluster, sulfite-free, bottled by gravity.

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Another Carignan, but a different animal. Pierre Regnault uses 65-year-old vines, five days of whole-cluster maceration, and lets the wine age on its lees before bottling by gravity in April 2023. No sulfites, no fining, no filtration. The kind of wine where every decision in the cellar is about getting out of the way.

  • Region: Languedoc
  • Appellation: Vin de France
  • Terroir: Schist
  • Vinification: Whole-cluster maceration for 5 days, aged on lees, gravity-fed bottling in April 2023, no sulfites added, unfined and unfiltered
  • ABV: 13%