Rancio sec Syrah
A unique wine, 100% Syrah dry rancio!Intensenose ofrancio, grilled spices and nuts. Powerful and well-balanced palate, bewitching, supported by a remarkable aromatic freshness on black olive, dried meat and caramel. The finish is endless with notes of candied orange peel, apricot and green almond, a wine in a class of its own...
A unique 100% Syrah dry rancio from the 2006 vintage! Aged for about 10 years in 100 year old oak barrels before bottling. Aficionados of Jaune du Jura and Jerez will appreciate this exceptional rancio!
This 100% Syrah benefits from very low yields (20 hl/ha) on 50 year old vines. The wine is vinified as cleanly as possible, using indigenous yeasts, without fining or filtration.
Despite the high alcohol content, the wine is fresh on the palate
The elaboration of a dry rancio :
The sugar has been transformed into alcohol. Aged in oxidative mode like the mutated wines and put on sale at least five years after the harvest (10 years at Domaine de Rancy!).
They are often compared to the great yellow wines of the Jura and the Jerez Andalusian, or to the finos and manzanillas.
All Roussillon grape varieties are allowed to be used in dry rancios, but they are most often made from white, grey or black Grenache, Macabeu or Carignan. They always end up amber after ageing, whatever the original colour. Dry rancios are classified as IGP des Côtes Catalanes or Côte de Vermeille.
Terroir
Schistose soils on the Latour de France hillsides
In the vineyard
50 year old vines
Green harvesting
Control of grape maturity
Harvesting at a minimum of 15°
Hand harvesting
In the cellar
Direct pressing: Sutter 35 hectos
No industrial yeasting, yeasts from the terroir
Slow fermentation for 15 days followed by 3 weeks of temperature control
Oxidative ageing for 10-12 years then maturing for one year in bottle
Tasting temperature
13° - 15°
Suggested food and wine pairing
Anchovies, smoked herring, tapas, Catalan cold cuts, dry-cured ham, manchego, old stilton, 80% dark chocolate, pistachio macaroons
The estate
17 hectares of which 12 hectares are dedicated to the production of Rivesaltes.
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