Lot presentation

Vin de France Le Jardin Henri Milan 2012

The wine

Le Jardin is 100% Merlot with an exceptional finesse, punctuated with fresh fruit aromas. It is incredibly light in the mouth, with emerging fruity notes. Henri Milan has limited the yields of his organic grapes to around 40 hl/ha. Vines grow on clay-limestone soil and are vatted for 8 days before maturing for 11 months in old barrels. True fans pay a high price for small-production stars such as this.

About the Producer Henri Milan

Henri Milan is a bit of a character. He turned his back on the Baux-de-Provence appellation in 2007 in order to fully express his creativity in the vineyard, just a few kilometres from Domaine Trévallon which took the same path. The very incarnation of la vie en rose, pink is the inviting colour we find everywhere at this domain, representing the lees of the wine and inspiring the vigneron in his work. In the winery, no additives are used aside from a very light dose of sulphites, and there is no fining or filtering in the process. The 15 hectares of vines have been cultivated organically since 2002, and this move towards natural production was inspired by encounters with figures such as Claude Bourguignon, a researcher in agrobiology. His son Théophile helps with sales side of things, and his daughter Emmanuelle is their in-house oenologist. A family affair, therefore, which shows no sign of slowing down, such is the passion that propels the Milans.