Clos du Gravillas 2007 Rendezvous du Soleil
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France, Languedoc
2007
Price: $21.99The history... The estate's story begins with Nicole. She came to plant Syrah, Cabernet ,and Mourvedre in the promising terroir of
St. Jean de Minervois. Things got even more promising in 1999, when she
began rehabilitating six acres of Carignan that was planted in 1911,
and a small amount of Grenache Gris. Not surprisingly, wines made from
these plantings are now the current stars of the estate's line-up.
Success...
Over the last decade Clos du Gravillas has slowly grown. Nicole is
now aided in her endeavor by John Bojanowski and their child Sacha.
John is from Kentucky, and is a basketball fan. We'll attempt to book
the Bojanowski clan for a wine dinner some March.... Their farm now
sprawls across a massive 15 acres, and includes plantings of 13
different grapes. Keeping it human in scale has innumerable advantages
for the consumer. Nicole and John work entirely organically. They
vigorously prune their vines to keep yields low and flavors
concentrated in the resulting wines. These vines get attention, they
are tended in a way necessary to maintain health. It is the combination
of healthy vines growing from healthy earth in a balanced ecosystem
that brings forward the memorably alive and real flavors that make me
crave these wines. They taste for real, authentic, a clear picture of
true Minervois that needs no touch-ups.
