Clos des Fées - The Witches - Magnum 2023
The Domaine du Clos des Fées is located in the Côtes-du-Roussillon , at the foot of the Pyrenees. It was created by Hervé Bizeul in 1997, to live his passion for wine to the end. From April 1999, his wines were sold en primeur. The vineyard increased a little, it has 7 hectares in production but only 15,000 bottles due to low yields. Today, the vineyard of the Domaine du Clos des Fées extends over 30 hectares: 27.5 hectares planted with red and 2.5 hectares planted with white. The Domaine is considered the No. 1 in Roussillon .
Les Sorcières du Clos des Fées is a blend of Syrah (50%), Grenache (30%) and Carignan (20%) . The Grenache and Carignan come from old vines aged 40 to 80 years, and the Syrah comes from young vines under 25 years old. The harvest is manual and then a pre-fermentation maceration at low temperature in a 128 hectolitre stainless steel vat with daily pumping over is put in place. The macerations last from 15 to 21 days with gentle extraction. Malolactic fermentation is complete. The wine is then aged in vats, on fine lees for 8 months . A very light dose of sulphur is added at bottling.
Grape varieties: 50% Syrah, 30% Grenache, 20% Carignan