Bergerie de l'Hortus rouge Pic Saint Loup

     Bergerie de L'Hortus     Classique
      Millésime 2017
      Jean Orliac à Valflaunès
      Pic Saint Loup

The field of Hortus, owned by the family Orliac is installed in the valley between the Pic Saint Loup and Hortus near Valflaunès.
Syrah and Mourvedre dominate Grenache aged in barrels for aging allows for great wines.
The winery and cellar wood are built in a beautiful setting amidst the pines.

The wines produced are references to the name Pic Saint Loup.
Jean Orliac constantly looking concentrated fruit and purity.

Great Vintages are the standard and deserve a few years of patience to develop their delicacies.
 La Bergerie de L'Hortus techniques are wines produced in three colors, frank, soft and silky, easier.
This wine is a blend of young vines of the Hortus and carefully selected his colleagues at the Pic Saint Loup wines.

      Soil:
Brown soil developed on limestone scree Cretaceous
Gradient 10 to 20%,
Elevation 150 to 200 m,
North-east exposure for Syrah (under the cliff of the Pic Saint Loup)
Through exposure to the Grenache.

      Grapes:
60% Syrah, 30% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre

     Winemaking:
Classic (vintage broken and crushed)
Maximum temperature of 32 ° C,
Duration of fermentation: 25 days,
Pumping two-day to half fermentation, then daily.

      Ageing:
For Syrah and Grenache in stainless steel.
10 months.

      Tasting:
Aromas of raspberry and strawberry nose.
A beautiful attack on the sweetness and a final on the red fruit.
A supple wine!

     Style of wine:
Soft red wine.

    Food pairing:
Quail salad with lentils.
 
     Aging potential:
5 years.

    Analytical:
13.5% Volume 75 cl. Contains sulfites.
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Consume with moderation.
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