2020 Les Terres Bleues (Xaviere Hardy) Grolleau Ma Garance Voyageuse, Loire, France Castello di Verduno I still like to enjoy

I still like to enjoy a (tamed) skin contact wine from time to time

barrels or large wooden vats (foudres)

originating near Porto and continuing north between the islands of Cíes and Ons

which was planted in the early 1980s and has been farming organically and biodynamically for more than a decade

The fruit was hand-harvested

2020 Les Terres Bleues (Xaviere Hardy) Grolleau Ma Garance Voyageuse, Loire, France Castello di Verduno I still like to enjoyXavires 2020 grolleau noir is an equal parts blend of three separate vinifications: carbonic maceration with aging in vats, partial whole cluster with aging in tank and completely destemmed with aging in 5 10 year old oak barrels.