Le Clos des Jarres Lacher-Prise Rouge 2023

Producer: Le Clos des Jarres
Region: Languedoc, France
Varietals: 80% Grenache, 20% Syrah
Viticulture: Biodynamic, Organic
Category: Red
Size: 750ml

This project came about after conversations with owner and winemaker, Vivien Hemelsdael, about his desire to make a lighter, fresher style of wine; a style not commonly found in Minervois. Lâcher Prise means “to let go”, which is a nod to the idea of letting go of established notions, in this case that wines from this area need to be extracted, and/or rustic.

Grapes were hand harvested into small crates, crushed and macerated on the skins for 2 weeks, then pressed and transferred to fiberglass tanks for fermentation with indigenous yeasts. After fermentation the wine was matured in fiberglass tanks for 6 months. Wines were not fined or filtered, with the only addition being a minimal amount of SO2 at bottling.