Abbotts & Delaunay’s Clouds and Winds collection features wines made with grapes that are selected from old Languedoc’s vines grown in vineyards at high altitudes in a purposely small number of appellations and produced in very limited quantities.
 Syrah - Grenache - Carignan - Mourvèdre
Soils composed solely of schist. The grapes for this wine come from two terroirs: vines growing at an altitude of 200 metres with north/north-western exposure which allows for later ripening thereby preserving the grapes’ freshness. The other vines face the sea with southern exposure, but are planted at an altitude of 350 metres, yielding rich, open wines.

 omschrijving

Robijnrode, intense kleur. Aroma met veel fruit (rood fruit) en een subtiele vanille-toets. In de mond opnieuw veel fruit, soepele smaak met veel vulling en een goede lengte.

ORIGIN
Some of our Carignan grapes are grown at our estate near Narbonne along the Canal du Midi on vines that are over 50 years old. These are supplemented with grapes grown in the calcareous clay soils of the Minervois for their tannins and aromas of ripe fruit, while grapes from a cooler area in the Corbières mountain range lend freshness and fruitiness.

VINIFICATION
A third of the grapes are handpicked and vinified as whole bunches for freshness and notes of fresh fruit. The rest are vinified traditionally using long macerations that can last up to 3 weeks to lend structure and silky tannins. 80% of the wine is barrel-aged for 6 to 8 months, some of it in new oak.

TASTING NOTES

Côtes de Thongue
Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan, Merlot en Cabernet Sauvignon.
25 hectoliter per hectare.
Pigeage (onderdompeling van de hoed in de most).Aparte vinificatie van de verschillende druiven. Lange schilweking. Malolactische gisting in eiken vat
Rijping :Voor ongeveer 12 maanden in eiken vaten. Bottelen zonder filtering
Brillante, dieppurperen kleur. Geconcentreerde, zeer complexe geuren van zwart fruit, bosgrond, chocola, koffie, geroosterd brood en kruiden. Fluweel, vol, met lange afdronk.
GASTRONOMIE : Rood vlees, wild stoofpotten, grillades
 beste wijn van het domein

DRUIVEN : Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon.,Mourvèdre, Carignan,
RENDEMENT : 40 hl per hectare.
VINIFICATIE : Traditioneel met lange schilweking.
RIJPING : 1 jaar in eiken vat.
BESCHRIJVING :
Dieprode kleur. Intense geur gedomineerd door zwart fruit, pruim en zoethout.
Goed gestructureerde en evenwichtige wijn met soepel tannine. Karakterwijn met goed bewaarpotentieel.

GASTRONOMIE :
Bij rood vlees, wild, grillades, stoofpotten en kaas.