Les Clos Perdus
Founded in 2003 in Peyriac-de-Mer, in the Corbières, the Les Clos Perdus estate takes its name from the discovery of isolated parcels of old vines scattered across the hills of the Languedoc and Roussillon. A trip to a friend's home in 2002 had sparked the desire, before the majesty of very old vines. It began with a hectare and a half in Corbières maritimes, soon completed by small plots in the Hautes-Corbières and on the schist slopes of the Agly.
Twenty-one hectares, farmed organically and biodynamically, form thirty-two parcels. Three terroirs each produce their own cuvée. Mire La Mer is born in Corbières maritimes, on seven hectares of heavy clay and limestone, with Mourvèdre beside saltwater ponds and Carignan planted in 1905. Prioundo comes from a walled one-and-a-half-hectare plateau near Villesèque-des-Corbières, where Cinsault and Grenache Noir take root in a draining calcareous clay.
L'Extrême comes from the Agly valley, on the Roussillon side, where ten hectares are farmed. At Mas de las Fredas, Lledoner Pelut and Syrah cover two hectares of a steep north-facing slope of schistous marl; one hectare of Grenache Gris, planted around 1895, produces the white. Other parcels feed L'Année, which tells the story of the vintage rather than a place.
The lunar landscape has gradually taken on color: insects and plants are returning, the soil is growing richer, and the wines, less fruity, are gaining in complexity and elegance. In the vineyard, compost infusions, algae-based stimulants and biodynamic preparations 500P and 501 have replaced a good part of the sulfur and copper treatments.
Harvesting is done by hand, in small crates, with sorting in the vineyard. Fermentations remain spontaneous, with indigenous yeasts. The reds, often destemmed, include whole clusters to gain fruit, macerate for fifteen to forty days, then age on lees, in stainless steel or barrels, in a cellar with thick stone walls that maintains low temperatures. Since 2018, a small négociant activity has completed the range.
Details gathered from the estate's website and public sources, for information only.
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