Le Clos Vagabond
Le Clos Vagabond settled in 2023 in Feuilla, a preserved village in a foothill valley, ten kilometres from the Mediterranean coast. This move gained about 160 metres in altitude and brought the vineyard closer to the winery. The winegrowers built the new winery themselves from an old winegrowing shed adjoining their home, using local and sustainable materials: wood from the Montagne Noire, straw from the Lauragais, clay taken from the soil of the winery. A full year was needed.
The estate farms two blocks a few hundred metres from the winery: one, on the village side, with five parcels for 4.5 hectares of vines and 2 hectares of meadow, the other with two parcels for 2 hectares and 1.5 hectares of meadow. There are Grenache Blanc, Gris and Noir, Carignan, Mourvèdre, Cinsault and a small parcel of Colombard. The soil, mostly silty and clayey-sandy, rests on limestone with high pH. All these parcels are certified organic, and many actions there cultivate maximum life and diversity.
The winegrowers defend slow work, with age-old gestures and simple tools that never break down. They consider the productivist model questionable and recall that so-called classical winemaking is a recent invention. Their priority is soil health and the return of abundant beneficial fauna: hens, bats and ladybirds are all parasite hunters. They also avoid making the soils too rich, which would attract pests.
They also envisage a wine tourism reception facility to share this vision of a slow, green and efficient evolution of the agricultural world.
The cuvées are living wines. La Grenadine 2023 brings together three Grenaches, foot-trodden and pressed directly, for a slightly sparkling rosé, bottled without fining or filtration, with no added sulphites, from biodynamic farming. Le Grapillon 2022 blends ninety percent Grenache, in short carbonic maceration, and ten percent Syrah, destemmed and foot-trodden, macerated for about fifteen days.
Details gathered from the estate's website and public sources, for information only.
Wines
Details gathered from the estate's website and technical sheets, in French, for information only.
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