Domaine Gilles Troullier - Boréal 2020
Domaine Gilles Troullier is located in Estagel, in Roussillon . Gilles Troullier began his career with the Chapoutier family in the Rhône. At the end of the 1990s, the Chapoutiers created the Domaine de Bila-Haut in Roussillon and entrusted its management to him. At the same time, he bought a few plots of vines and began making wine on his own. Today, Gilles Troullier's estate extends over 6 hectares. The plots are located at an altitude of more than 350 meters, mainly on granite. Its entire vineyard is managed biodynamically, without certification . Fermentations begin spontaneously with native yeasts, and very little sulfur is used during vinification.
Boréal is made from Syrah grown on a terroir of decomposed granite at an altitude of 600 meters. The wine is aged for 18 months in old barrels .
Grape variety: 100% Syrah