Vidal Fleury Cotes Du Rhone Red

Style of wine Dry red wine with aging potential optimum up to 5 years of age. History Creation of the Appellation 1937. Present in the Vidal-Fleury’s range since the early the 1920’s. Production Vidal-Fleury production : 3500 Hl 38900 Cases (eq 12x75cl) 466500 bottles (eq 75cl). Vineyard Density 6 000 vine/Ha. Yield 43 Hl/Ha Grape Grenache (65%) Syrah (20%) Mourvedre (10%) some others with Carignan (5%). Soil / Terroir / Climat Pebble stones on clay stone calcareous on clay sandy. More from southern Rho;ne Valley. Altitude 150m to 250m. Temperature 14 5°C (58°F). Rainfall 700 mm. Sunshine 2750 hours. Pruning Short prune : gobelet and cordon de royat Harvest By hand and machine. September starting with Grenache than Syrah Carignan and Mourvedre. Winemaking & Ageing Long and traditional maceration: 2 weeks with Grenache and 3 weeks with Syrah and Mourvedre. A lot of delestage at the beginning of fermentation. Fermentation with Indigenous yeast. Controlled