Domaine Danjou Banessy - Coste 2023
Domaine Danjou-Banessy is located in the commune of Espira de l'Agly , north of the city of Perpignan in the Pyrénées Orientales . Benoît Danjou and his brother Sébastien inherited this old vineyard from their grandfather, which was dedicated to the production of Rivesaltes. Today, they work around fifteen hectares of fragmented vines, aged from 15 to 120 years. The vineyard is composed of a wide variety of soils (schist, sandstone, clay-limestone, quartz, pure clay, sand and silt) which requires plot-by-plot work on different islets. Each vintage produced represents a plot, a soil, a place-name, a way of working. Benoît and Sébastien practice biodynamic techniques to enrich the soil and the vineyard is certified in organic farming .
Coste is made from Macabeu grown on a 30-year-old plot, on a clay-limestone soil of rolled pebbles on the terraces of Agly. The entire harvest is put into long and gentle pressing. Fermentation is carried out in Burgundy barrels and aging lasts between 12 and 14 months in barrels .
Grape variety: 100% Macabeu