Vignobles Bonfils - Château Vaugelas - Physis 2019

Description

A ruby red colour with a beautiful brilliance and purple tints, hinting at the wine's youthfulness. The nose is dominated by intense notes of fresh red fruits such as raspberry or redcurrant. On the palate, the attack is very round, with a sweet mid-palate developing fresh and crispy fruit aromas. The overall balance is on the roundness, the volume and the greediness of the fruit.

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Vinification

This Nature et Vegan cuvée was created to sublimate the terroir of Vaugelas by optimising the exceptional natural potential of the estate (soil, subsoil, exposure, climate) while respecting the fauna and flora, from the cultivation of the vines to the bottling. Manual harvesting. No inputs, fermentation thanks to indigenous yeasts naturally present on the skin of the grapes. No sulphite in order not to denature the specificities of the terroir.

Vineyard

Château Vaugelas spans over 150 hectares between the Montagne Alaric and the Montagne Noire next to Camplong d’Aude, and has belonged to the Bonfils family since 2000. The Château used to be an abbey in the Lagrasse area in the XVIth century.

TERROIR As far back as the XVIth century, Benedictine monks grew vines on this magnificent terroir of shale and gravelly scree carried by the river Orbieu which flows at the edge of the domain. The limestone clay soils of the property are made up of a blue clay subsoil with pebbles and stones on the surface. The vineyard is unusual in that it is in one single block. It combines old vines, traditional regional grape varieties and more recently planted vines in Cordon de Royat form or Goblet, the traditional Corbières pruning method which allows the vegetation to adapt perfectly to local climatic conditions.

Maturation

No ageing in barrels to preserve the fruit.