Alain Jaume Gigondas Terrasses de Montmirail is made from 65% Grenache the rest Syrah, Mourvèdre by less than 15%.
Deep red garnet color. Aromas of ripe and black fruits. On the palate the wine is rich, powerful and harmonious - well balanced with wild berry and pepper dominating.
Soil types
Located in and around the famous area called “Dentelles de Montmirail”, the landscape typicity is made by a rocky bar (between 100 and 600 meters high). Soils are made of clay and sand with limestone. The “Dentelles” appeared thanks to the pressure between the Pyrenees and Alps mountains. This is a land of predilection to produce both powerful and fresh wines. Nights are cooler and the grapes ripeness usually comes in late September.
Winemaking & aging
Traditional wine-making in stainless and concrete vats. Crushed and destemmed grapes. Average of 18 days of vatting with pigeages. Ageing in vats mostly and oak barrels. Bottling after 12 – 14 months.
Pago de las Capellanes Blanco O Luar Do Sil Godello Sobre Lias is made from 100% Godello.
Giving voice to Godello vines, to the geology of granite and to the fullness of sensations. This is our vision and we achieve it with careful winemaking on lees, so that the wine’s own matter provides balance and floral complexity, so that it shapes a fine and vigorous structure, a stimulating delicacy.
The wine pays homage to its landscape, clean, fruity aromas that caress the mineral cold. Leading us along small paths among white flowers, Godello Sobre Lías reveals light, truth and life.