Mas des Capitelles Faugeres Vieilles Vignes 2022 MH Petite Sirah is the dark

Petite Sirah is the dark

Domaine Robert Ampeau has one of the strangest business models in Burgundy: they will not sell you the wine until they think it is ready

The 2021 was spontaneously fermented in cement with around five weeks of maceration

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Grapes are hand-harvested and co-macerate/spontaneously co-ferment for 5-10 days before pressing

Mas des Capitelles Faugeres Vieilles Vignes 2022 MH Petite Sirah is the darkSchist grown Languedoc from a small family estate in Faugeres, run by ninth generation vigneron Jean Lauge, whose grandfather helped create the Faugeres appellation. The 30 hectares are all old plantings on pure schist hillsides, organically farmed and certified since 2011. This Vieilles Vignes leans on old vine Mourvedre and Carignan with Syrah, given a long maceration and raised mostly in tank with a touch of oak. It is a deep, rugged, value packed