Domaine du Pas de l'Escalette - Languedoc - Les Petits Pas - Red - 2023

Wine:

The 2023 Red Languedoc Les Petits Pas is a delightful, juicy, and fruity red wine that perfectly embodies its Mediterranean roots. It's a thirst-quenching pleasure wine, convivial and sincere, perfect for enjoying this summer. This fruit-forward treat is best served slightly chilled, paired with charcuterie, terrines, or grilled white meats. Rated 91/100 by the Selection Committee.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. 60% destemming, 10 to 20-day vatting period. Traditional vinification. Alcoholic fermentation in 50-hl wooden vats with indigenous yeasts. Aged in wooden truncated-cone vats and rough concrete tanks.

Color:

Bright ruby red.

Nose:

Fresh, intense aromas of red and black fruits with a subtle hint of spice.

Palate:

The palate is generous and fruit-driven, offering a true moment of unpretentious pleasure and warm conviviality.

Temperature:

Serve between 14 and 16°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Beef or red tuna tataki, roast guinea fowl leg, barbecued lamb chops.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2027

A true reference in the Larzac and holder of two stars in the prestigious French wine guide the RVF, Domaine du Pas de l’Escalette is in a class of its own. For the past twenty years, Delphine and Julien Zernott have tamed these wild, stony slopes, where ancient vines cling to limestone terraces. Farmed biodynamically, their wines combine precision, elegance and a freshness that never lets go.

Here, altitude meets Mediterranean varieties, giving wines full of energy and minerality, wines that feel exactly right for our time.