• Domaine les Carmels
  • Les Caprices

    At a Glance

    • Variety: Merlot
    • Vine Age: Planted in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2018
    • Terroir: From multiple plots in the Cadillac, multicolored clay with limestone inputs, soil up to 8 meters deep.
    • Viticulture: Certified organic (Qualisud, 2010), Bordelaise pruning.
    • Vinification: De-stemmed, uncrushed, ambient yeast fermentation, short pumpovers to limit the tannin structure, aged for 4-6 months in stainless steel tank, minimal (if any) added SO2 after vinification.