Domaine Pouderoux - La Grande Première 2022
Domaine Pouderoux is located in Maury, in Roussillon . The estate was passed down from mother to daughter for 6 generations until Robert Pouderoux, only son, who has since ceded the property to his little cousin Louise Tanguy . She is accompanied by her friend Léo Hemmer Bury . The vineyard was converted to organic farming from 2011 and obtained its biodynamic certification in 2021. The duo ensures ecological diversity on their islets of vines by promoting habitats for insects, birds and bats as well as as endemic plant species: almond trees, kermes oak, rockroses, broom, serviceberries, euphorbias, arbutus trees, mimosas and junipers. The terroir consists of a subsoil of brown marl, covered on the surface with black schist. Louise and Léo produce sweet and dry wines in the Maury appellation, with low yields.
La Grande Première is made from Carignan , grown in the place called Laroque, whose terroir is made up of black shale on the hillsides. The harvest is manual, with selection and sorting by plot. Vatting lasts 20 days and fermentation begins spontaneously with native yeasts. The wine is bottled after a short aging.
Grape variety: 100% Carignan