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Terroirs d'exception
By Pierre Amadieu
Cuvée du Fondateur - Old marc of Gigondas
Presentation
Liquor Controlled Label "Marc des Côtes du Rhône"
1976, Claude Amadieu was the first one to make an old marc from Gigondas. This noble product has the best marc distillation spirit providing only from the wine making of the grapes of our vineyard of Gigondas. It concentrates in its soul all the power and the finesse that the diversity of grapes varieties and the exceptional quality of our terroirs confer on our wines.
Claude Amadieu brought a particular care to the selection of marcs after one unique press out of fermented grapes, as well as to the distillation, following the traditional method of 4 vases.
This natural guaranteed product develops all its aromas, bloomed after an ageing in barrel of oak merrain of 400 liters in underground cellar. The long period of maturing confers to this old marc all its roundness and finesse in a perfect marriage with the wood. To smell and taste in sorbet or in liqueur.
The Cuvée du Fondateur is aged 10 to 12 years. Presented in "Martinique" bottle of 70 cl with decorated "tube", ideal to offer, or in magnum of 150 cl.
