Guy Farge Saint Joseph – Terroir de Granit (750ml)

Most of the 20 hectars of the estate are cultivated in terraces on very steep slopes. The vines are trained using environmentally friendly farming methods without herbicides and with the use of horses to plough and aerate the soils. The estate owns very old wines in Saint Joseph with some vines older then hundred years.  After a hand harvest at optimum maturity, everything is done in the cellar to respect the grapes : use of gravity to move the grapes and must during the winemaking process, minimal mechanical extraction and use of soft pneumatic pumps. Most of the wines are vinified without destemming.  The different steps of cellar activities are done following the Lunar calendar.

This wine is made from 100% Syrah grown on granite soils in the appellation of Saint Joseph.  Whole cluster fermentation is stems for one month with daily pumping over and racking.   The wine ages in 400 liter barrels of 5 wines and a 3000 liter vat over 12 months completed with 2 months in vats.