AOC Fitou Chateau Fonteius 2021 - Organic Wine

Guide Hachette 2023 -Chateau Fonteius 2029 - Fitou Bio - Domaine de la Grange
Number of bottles:  5 400 - Vin de Garde: 8 years 
Manual bottling, Traditional cork, 
darkened glass bottle


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BLENDING

DEGUSTATION

A lovely deep red colour with purplish highlights and an expressive, complex nose combining notes of undergrowth, garrigue and candied fruits.
Full-bodied on the palate, with very soft tannins and flavours of chocolate and fruits in alcohol. 
A very tasty finish.

Pairing with

Red meats in sauce,
Furred wild Game,
Cassoulet,
Coq au vin,
Mediterranean cuisine

Soil: clay/limestone/stony

Organic Approach  :
Ploughing plus inter-vine, organic fertilizer.
Seaweed-based foliar fertiliser, face-by-face treatment,
sweet orange essential oil and use of sexual confusion.

Vinification:  

The grape harvest is destemmed, the vinification is 21 days long, one delestage, the temperature is controlled between 23 and 27 degrees to preserve the fullness of the aromas. The fermentation is made in stainless steel tank and enamelled steel tank. as well as the conservation.
The 9 month aeging is made in stainless steel vats. 


Certification  Ecocert  for Organic Agriculture.