• Domaine les Carmels
  • Les Vendanges

    At a Glance

    • Variety: Merlot and Cabernet Franc
    • Size: 1.5 ha (2.70 ac)
    • Vine Age: Planted in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2018
    • Terroir: From a selection of 7,500 vines within the Cadillac, multicolored clay with limestone inputs, soils up to 8 meters deep.
    • Viticulture: Certified organic (Qualisud, 2010), Bordelaise pruning.
    • Vinification: Varieties vinified and aged separately, de-stemmed, uncrushed, minimal extraction with pumpovers, aged for 15 months- Merlot in used barrels, Cabernet Franc in sandstone amphoras.