Les Foulards Rouges "Le Fond de L'Air est Rouge" 2023

$31.99

Only 6 left!

Alcohol: 13%

Grape(s): 100% Cinsault

Localization: Languedoc, France

Tasting Notes:  Cinsault is mostly used to add some freshness to Languedoc blends, or colour to Provence rose, lesser known on it's own. But when sufficient concentration can be garnered (and 80yr old vines help) it is capable of producing delicious, silky, red fruited wines which will have lots of appeal for fans of Beaujolais or Burgundy. Think tangy sour cherry, wild strawberry, floral notes and wild streak fans of natural wines will enjoy.

The Domain: For 12 years, Jean-François Nicq worked as a winemaker in the Côtes du Rhône. On the first of January 2001, Jean-François joined his childhood friend, Bijan Mohamadi (who had been spending his days as a math teacher like our friend Cyrill Sevin) to start a new domaine at the very southern end of the Languedoc. "The Red Scarves" is a literary reference to the works of Fréderic Fajardie, whom the men greatly admired. Their philosophy is in turn a militaristic one, completely against intervention in the vines or the cellar. Native yeasts, no fining, filtration, added sulfur, and even some tillage with the help of their mule, Uma: The real deal. The vineyards are composed of multiple plots, on the lower, flatter part are mostly decomposed sandier soil. On the hillside, 100 meters up, are isolated single plots: Frida, Les Vilains, Les Glaneurs, Grenache. They lie directly on the bedrock with barely any topsoil and show more density.