This wine was made from grapes purchased from a vineyard near the beautiful southern walled city of Carcassonne. The grapes are 50% Alicante Bouschet and 50% Merlot harvested on 20th August 2020.

Alicante Bouschet is an exciting grape variety that is receiving more attention since it is a teinturier grape - meaning it is a red grape with red juice. The whole bunches of Alicante were distributed across two tanks, and the first tank was filled with half of the direct-pressed Merlot and left for three weeks. The second tank was filled with destemmed Merlot for 15 days. 

The wine was bottled on the 1st of July 2021 without any additions.

- Living Wines