A brilliant red color with copper hints, this rosé of saignée is a blend which both marvel sight and palate. A sensual and silky body, an aromatic palette with a nose swinging on red fruits such as blackcurrant and grenade to harmonize with soft species variations of anise and cumin. This wine is like a Caravage painting, its direct language, its power at the moment takes you to the unforeseen.

Le Caravage
Italian painter from Baroque gold age, at that time he was banned regarding its scandalous life. True genius, he worked with a remarquable velocity, directly on canvas without any sketches of its persons.

Technical characteristics

Category :  IGP Val de Loire - Vendée
Type : still rosé wine
Grape : 60 % merlot, 30% pinot noir
Packaging : 75 cl (150 cl on demand)..
available vintages : 2012
alcohol content : 13,5 %VOL
yearly production : 2000 to 3000 bottles
soil type and exposure : argilo-calcareous marls (jurassique / Callovo-oxfordien), merlot exposure : south, pinot noir on plateau
average yield :  30 hl/ha
harvest : 100% by hand in small crate, destemming and hand selection by hand
vineyard management : Organic management, mechanical weeding, organic phytosanitary control
Wine making : rosé by short tapping (vin de saignée), less than 1 hour. Clarification by cold temperature, natural fermentation under thermo control at 18°C
Chemical analysis : alcohol content : 13.3 % vol, total acidity : 3.94 gr H2SO4 gr/L, volatile acidity : 0.36 gr H2SO4 gr/L, free sulfurous Anhydride: < 15 mg/L, Total sulfurous Anhydride : 76 100 mg/L, residual sugars :< 2 gr/L.