NO de Pailhès

The Languedoc, located in the south of France, borders the Mediterranean between the Pyrenees and the Rhone Valley. Benefiting from mild winters and hot, dry summers, it has been a wine growing region ever since Greek and Roman times.

 The diversity and variety of its terroir make it a particularly generous region. For decades, it has been producing great, powerful, well-textured wines, rich in fruitiness and aromatic complexity.

The “Domaine de Pailhès” is located in the heart of theLanguedoc region near the city of Béziers. The estate stretches over 90 ha of vines and 20 ha of wood. It belongs to the same family since 250 years.

 
The premium wine, the NO, is made with Syrah and Grenache grapes coming from plots that have been especially selected for their ideal exposure, at the top of the hillsides of the estate.

The heat stored during the day on these hillsides is released when evening comes, enabling an optimal maturity for the

grapes. Vines in this well drained soil send roots deep in the earth to seek the nutrients they need, thus giving a rich and complex structure to the wine.

 

Technical description « NO de Pailhès » 2009

Award

Gold medal at Lyon (FR) in 2010

Appellation	Vin de pays d’Oc – Languedoc - France
Soils	Stony with limestone and iron-rich clay
Grape s	40% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 10% Merlot, 10% Carignan
Chiffres	Yield : 30 hl/ha en moyenne Production : 4000 bouteilles Alcohol :  13,5%, PH = 3,7
Viticulture	Traditionnal viticulture, with ploughing Single spur pruning,  Manual harvesting
Vinification	Traditionnal vinification, with de-stalking Natural yeasts, no enzyme, no chaptalisation, no acidification Skin maceration lasting 3 weeks
Ageing	11 months in a tank
Bottling	No fining Light filtration before bottling Bottling in the cellar