• Roc des Anges & Terres de Fagayra

    • Les Vignes Métissées Rosé

    At a Glance

    • Name: Les Vignes Métissées means the mixed vineyards
    • Variety: Coplanted Grenache Blanc, Gris and Noir; Malvoisie; Carignan Blanc, Gris, and Noir; Macabeu; Picpoul; Cinsault; Mourvedre; Muscat
    • Vine Age: One vineyard planted in 1963 and the other in 2016
    • Terroir: Schists
    • Viticulture: Organic (certified, practicing since 2008) and biodynamic (certified, practicing since 2011)
    • Winemaking: Whole-cluster pressed. Settled. Ambient yeast fermentation with no sulfur additions in barrels and foudres (228 and 500L). Despite very low pH’s, malolactic fermentation tends to happen. No fining. Light filtration. 40-60ppm total sulfur at bottling.

    Additional Info

    Les Vignes Métissées is made from two vineyards, one old and one young. The tradition in the Roussillon was to coplant, which usually meant the inclusion of a small proportion whites varieties among the reds. These old vines, however, consist of an intricate field blend of white varities with just a few red ones. The Gallets planted the young vines with a massal selection of the old vines, to which they added a few more varieties. The pale copper color comes from the presence of red varieties, not from maceration or saignée.