Domaine Thierry Navarre 'Vin d'Oeillades' 2022

Domaine Thierry Navarre 'Vin d'Oeillades' 2022Press 4 Red September 2023 Direct Press Selection Highlighting ancient, local cultivars has been the focus of the Navarre family for three generations. Thierry Navarre, who took over in 1988, manages the 12 hectare farm in Saint Chinian and became one of the first natural winemakers in the region. His beautiful garden like vineyards are way up in the mountains on brown schist, different from the more typical Saint Chinian wines that are on clay and

Since 2006

he devoted his own project to natural farming and permaculture from the beginning

in the Vigna Strada that this wine is born

that sits on the Austria-Hungary border

Press 4 White • March 2023 Direct Press Selection

beautiful refreshment

then fermented in open-top plastic bins with their skins

I know I'm balding)

This only adds to the beauty and profundity

Only natural yeasts are used and the juice undergoes an extended maceration

It is a highly effective method for this hot climate but also very labor intensive

with an electric backbone of acid