Domaine Julien D'Abrigeon, 'Coquelicot' 2022
Translating to ‘Poppy’, Coquelicot is an expressive grenache from this brand new Domaine. Brilliant pedigree here, before the conception of the Domaine, the fruit from this site was sold to JL Chave Selection - a testament to the quality of the soil and what it can produce.
93Pts
‘93 - Richer and fruitier than the 2021, still with great freshness and a sense of straightness to the structure. More fruit than herbs. This is very promising. From a north-facing vineyard in Buisson. It had 15 days maceration, and six months of élevage. 2,500 bottles made.’ (Matt Walls - Decanter)
Translating to ‘Poppy’, Coquelicot is an expressive grenache from this brand new Domaine. Brilliant pedigree here, before the conception of the Domaine, the fruit from this site was sold to JL Chave Selection - a testament to the quality of the soil and what it can produce.
93Pts
‘93 - Richer and fruitier than the 2021, still with great freshness and a sense of straightness to the structure. More fruit than herbs. This is very promising. From a north-facing vineyard in Buisson. It had 15 days maceration, and six months of élevage. 2,500 bottles made.’ (Matt Walls - Decanter)
Translating to ‘Poppy’, Coquelicot is an expressive grenache from this brand new Domaine. Brilliant pedigree here, before the conception of the Domaine, the fruit from this site was sold to JL Chave Selection - a testament to the quality of the soil and what it can produce.
93Pts
‘93 - Richer and fruitier than the 2021, still with great freshness and a sense of straightness to the structure. More fruit than herbs. This is very promising. From a north-facing vineyard in Buisson. It had 15 days maceration, and six months of élevage. 2,500 bottles made.’ (Matt Walls - Decanter)
Julien d’Abrigeon has always had a passion for the living and spent most of his childhood out and about observing fauna and flora. He landed his first job in Switzerland with the legendary that is Marie Therese Chappaz, the pope of biodynamic farming in this country. She allowed him to make his own experiments and he was her right-hand man for four years. Julien continued his journey south of the Rhone Valley and found himself taking the position of Maître de chais at Domaine Jean Louis Chave. His intuition and sensitivity led him to become Jean Louis’s protégé. With his guidance he purchased 1 hectare of old organic Grenache vines in a village called Buisson, in the Southern Rhône, a terroir that 20 years ago wasn’t in favour by the local vignerons because of its cold, sandy soils, uneven ripening season if ripening at all. With global warming, these terroirs are nowadays very much thought after. It is without saying that a certain nearby icon called Chateau Rayas rest on similar soils…
Grape Varieties: 100% Grenache Average Age of Vines: 70 years Terroir: Alluvium on clay sand and limestone pebbles Exposition: North Vineyard Surface Area: 2ha - 6ha Production (Btls): 6000 Altitude: 200m Vinification: Manual harvest, native yeast, without sulphur, pigeage (punching down) and pumping over, wooden cage press Ageing: 7 to 8 months in stainless steel and concrete tanks. 1g to 1,5g of sulphur a few weeks before bottling
