Domaine du Mortier - “La P’tite Vadrouille” Loire Valley Red Wine 2019 (750ml)

This is an “anti-frost” cuvée, a wine that the brothers make from grapes bought from their Dordogne friends, in years when the spring frosts severely decreased their own harvest.

Age of vines: 20 – 50 years old

Varieties: 70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc 

Soil: Clay and limestone

Vinification Notes: Grapes are hand-harvested in the Dordogne region and transported to the Mortier Domaine in a refrigerated truck. Carbonic maceration lasting for 15 days, then 8 months of aging in concrete tanks. Bottled with 10ppm of sulfur in spring.