Domaine des Lampyres "Contre Attaque" Mourvedre, 2021, 750ml
$32
Description
Vivid, bright and thrilling 75% Mourvedre and 25% Carignan from this exciting young grower, Francois Xavier AKA 'FX'. FX was vineyard manager for Tom Lubbe at Domaine Matassa for five years. He spent a further year with Domaine Danjou-Banessy.
Mourvèdre harvested by hand. The Mourvèdre saw five days of whole bunch maceration. Fermentation took place in fiberglass vats, and saw further aging in fiberglass for 4 months. Bottled early and fresh, this is bright and exciting stuff from the young vigneron.
The only addition is 2g/Hl of sulfur at bottling.
Production 6000 bottles