Domaine Boucabeille Les Terrasses Rouge 2018

The wines of the Boucabeille estate are produced mainly on the Forca real hill 15 km northwest of Perpignan. It promotes biodiversity around the vine by planting forest and scrubland but also creates ponds and places dozens of beehives. The Forca real hill is made up of slate schists that date back 450 million years.
The schist allows the vine to penetrate deep in order to find all the elements it needs (water and minerals). The altitude of the vines (505 meters) brings freshness. This terroir also brings roundness and length in the mouth, as well as a lot of finesse and complex aromas.

The vines are grown on schist soils and whole-bunch-pressed. Jean Boucabeille doesn’t plough, to avoid damaging the microbial life in the soil, and doesn’t use machinery in the vineyard, in order to avoid soil compaction. Winemaking is low intervention, with spontaneous fermentation.

Domaine Boucabeille Les Terrasses Rouge is a red, dry organic wine, produced in the French Languedoc from Syrah and Grenache Noir grapes. The schist allows the vine to penetrate deep in order to find all the elements it needs (water and minerals). The altitude of the vines (505 meters) brings freshness. This terroir also brings roundness and length in the mouth, as well as a lot of finesse and complex aromas.

The wine has a dense, purple wine with black fruits and sweet spices. On the palate, it is fleshy with very nice, coated tannins. In the bouquet, notes of violets, blackcurrant and marzipan. On the palate, ripe berries, cherries and marzipan again. A very well balanced wine, with good structure, smooth and finesse.