Domaine Labruyère

Coeur de Terroirs is a blend of five parcels The grapes for this wine, from 50 year old vines grown on quartz-rich granite, are 100% destemmed. This has seen 18 months in large oak then concrete. Very intense ruby in colour, it offers a blend of blueberry, bramble, black cherry and spice on both the nose and palate, the tiniest hint of citrus zest for vitality and hints of grilled fennel on the finish

Moulin-a-Vent Coeur de Terroir Vieilles Vignes Domaine Labruyere 2019

This is a south-east facing 1.5 hectare site with vines over 50 years old, planted at 10,000 plants per hectare on granitic soils, with pebbles under thick, dense clay. The wine is aged in large, mainly old oak, (5% new) 600 litre demi-muids, for 15 months. This is an intense dark red, jet-shot, rich in black cherry, forest fruits with a heady, floral perfume. There is a saline minerality which adds focus and direction to a generous palate and certain savoury notes add depth.

Moulin-a-Vent Champ de Cour Domaine Labruyere 2019

A south-facing walled vineyard, just under a hectare in size. Le Clos’ vines are an average of 70 years old, some of them planted pre-phylloxera, en foule (untrellised), at a density of 13,000 vines per hectare. This is a unique, arid terroir of hard granite and sand, very rocky and with no topsoil at all. The wine is aged entirely in barrels, the proportion of new oak varying with the vintage conditions, with the remainder being one to two year old barrels from Domaine Jacques Prieur. Spiced dark fruit is allied to cigar box notes, minerals and heady flowers. Generous, with firm well-integrated tannins, there is a mineral seam which adds energy and focus to rich, dark cherry fruit, sustaining a long, detailed finish.