Le Champ d’Orphée Côtes du Tarn Rouge 2023
Location: France, Sud-Ouest
Winemaker: Stéphane Lucas
Grapes: Braucol (Fer Servadou)
Soil: Limestone, gravel
Winemaking: Organic farming. Grapes from a plot of vines with poorer soils. Longer maceration before a gentle pressing. Primary fermentation and élevage in a stainless steel tank. Unfined, unfiltered. Zero added sulfur.
From the Importer Jeffrey Alpert Selections: Farming a mere 0.77 hectares, Stéphane Lucas has dedicated himself farming the local grape Braucol without any chemical treatments. He eschews all herbicides and pesticides in the vineyards and believes a healthy biodiversity is best for his vineyard. Walking through his domaine, one finds various grains and vegetables among his vines, demonstrating a healthy biodiversity. While Le Champ d’Orphée is firmly situated within the Gaillac border, Stéphane nevertheless refuses to put the AOC on his wine’s labels, as he finds their regulations regarding yields and farming practices to be antithetical to his philosophy of winemaking. Until he sees the reform that him and a number of his colleagues in Gaillac are looking to see, Stéphane’s wines will continue to be bottled until the IGT Côtes du Tarn.
Location: France, Sud-Ouest
Winemaker: Stéphane Lucas
Grapes: Braucol (Fer Servadou)
Soil: Limestone, gravel
Winemaking: Organic farming. Grapes from a plot of vines with poorer soils. Longer maceration before a gentle pressing. Primary fermentation and élevage in a stainless steel tank. Unfined, unfiltered. Zero added sulfur.
From the Importer Jeffrey Alpert Selections: Farming a mere 0.77 hectares, Stéphane Lucas has dedicated himself farming the local grape Braucol without any chemical treatments. He eschews all herbicides and pesticides in the vineyards and believes a healthy biodiversity is best for his vineyard. Walking through his domaine, one finds various grains and vegetables among his vines, demonstrating a healthy biodiversity. While Le Champ d’Orphée is firmly situated within the Gaillac border, Stéphane nevertheless refuses to put the AOC on his wine’s labels, as he finds their regulations regarding yields and farming practices to be antithetical to his philosophy of winemaking. Until he sees the reform that him and a number of his colleagues in Gaillac are looking to see, Stéphane’s wines will continue to be bottled until the IGT Côtes du Tarn.
Location: France, Sud-Ouest
Winemaker: Stéphane Lucas
Grapes: Braucol (Fer Servadou)
Soil: Limestone, gravel
Winemaking: Organic farming. Grapes from a plot of vines with poorer soils. Longer maceration before a gentle pressing. Primary fermentation and élevage in a stainless steel tank. Unfined, unfiltered. Zero added sulfur.
From the Importer Jeffrey Alpert Selections: Farming a mere 0.77 hectares, Stéphane Lucas has dedicated himself farming the local grape Braucol without any chemical treatments. He eschews all herbicides and pesticides in the vineyards and believes a healthy biodiversity is best for his vineyard. Walking through his domaine, one finds various grains and vegetables among his vines, demonstrating a healthy biodiversity. While Le Champ d’Orphée is firmly situated within the Gaillac border, Stéphane nevertheless refuses to put the AOC on his wine’s labels, as he finds their regulations regarding yields and farming practices to be antithetical to his philosophy of winemaking. Until he sees the reform that him and a number of his colleagues in Gaillac are looking to see, Stéphane’s wines will continue to be bottled until the IGT Côtes du Tarn.