Octobre Rouge 2023 - Domaine de La Garance

Octobre Rouge  - Domaine de La Garance 

Octobre Rouge by Domaine de La Garance is a soft and persuasive red wine. Made from carignan grapes that come from vineyards located in Caux, north of Pézenas, about 40 years old at about 300 meters above sea level, on soils rich in calcareous marl. The winemaking takes place with spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with the stalks in steel tanks with maceration for 12 hours, and refinement for at least 6 months in concrete tanks, then stabilization in the bottle, without filtration or clarification. Ripe red fruit and spices integrate into a full and rich sip, with a long finish. Its freshness and agile, dynamic drink are striking. A delicious and Mediterranean wine.

Service

We taste it at a temperature of 16/18° in the tulip glass. A wine to be drunk immediately but will express its best in a few years.

Pairings

Versatile and fun, this red from Languedoc goes perfectly with first and second courses based on white and red meat, poultry in sauce, barbecue and grilled meat.

Cellar: Domaine De La Garage

The Domaine de la Garance by Pierre Quinonero is located in Caux, near Pézenas, in the Hérault in Languedoc. A small valley where the Tartuyo river (“turtle”, in Occitan) flows, and where Pierre, a lover of Tuscany, has also planted cypresses and olive trees. He starts working the vineyard inherited from his grandfather in 1991. He immediately obtains the organic certification, while the biodynamic one arrives in 2000. Pierre has been bottling since 1998, committing himself with great rigor to producing unique, long-aged red and white wines. The six hectares of vineyards benefit from rare geological qualities, from a complex and varied terroir with the presence of gravel, clayey-limestone sediments and basaltic splinters, where the Carignan has adapted to perfection. Pierre immediately had the ambition to produce great wines for aging, with the vineyards of Carignan that are 50 years old, and those of Ugni and Clairette that are centuries old. In 2000 he operated a mass selection for Syrah and Grenache gris. It also has a vineyard, with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, in Colombières-sur-Orb, characterized by granite soil and cool nights, where the harvest takes place a month later. The winery was built with friends. Among the labels are "Red October", a Carignan to be drunk young, spicy and seductive. The two "à Clara" wines are dedicated to the first daughter: the blend of Pinot Noir and Grenache, and Chardonnay in purity.