Château La Casenove

Producer description of "Château La Casenove"

The winery is located in the municipality of Trouillas in the French region of Roussillon, just ten kilometres from the Mediterranean coast near the Spanish border. It was founded in 1967 by Jacques Montès. In 1987, he handed over the management to his son Etienne Montè, a former press photographer. In close co-operation with the oenologist Jean-Luc Colombo, quality-improving measures were implemented. The vineyards cover 70 hectares of vines on pebble and moraine soils interspersed with quartz, gneiss and granite. The basis for the wines is created through intensive care of the vines, targeted low yields and selective harvesting at optimum ripeness.

A long maceration is obligatory in order to achieve a high extraction. The "Cuvée du Commandant François Jaubert"(Carignan Noir, Syrah, Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre), the "Torrespeyres" (Syrah, Carignan Noir) and the "Pla del Rei" (Syrah) are produced under the AOC Côtes du Roussillon. A red wine (Grenache Noir) and a white wine "Ambre"(Macabeo, Grenache Blanc) are produced under the AOC Rivesaltes. There are also the red IGP wines Côtes Catalanes "La Garrigiue" (Carignan, Syrah, Grenache), "Masia M" (Carignan, Grenache) and a white wine made from Macabeo and Malvoisie.

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