IGP Côtes Catalanes Clos des Fées Aimer, Rêver,Prier, Se taire Hervé Bizeul 2018 (Red)

Before settling down amid the vines, walls and soil of the Clos des Fées, Hervé Bizeul's peregrinations had been many, flitting around the wine business and the world in general. As a sommelier, as a journalist… but most of all, as a son of this hard ground, with a real pride in Roussillon. It was one day in 1990, looking out onto this desert of scrubland, with its dry stone walls and vines planted in pick-hacked holes amid the green oaks with their twisted branches, that he decided to take his passion for wine to its logical extreme by becoming a wine grower himself. Thanks to his hard work in the vines – but also through his formidable enthusiasm for selling and promoting his wine with a talent for forging links that is somewhat uncommon among growers, who enjoy the solitary company of their vines and can be uneasy with commercial relationships – Bizeul would be quick to find success. And this success would enable him to live comfortably and develop his domain by expanding it through the purchase of parcels of land (both already planted and awaiting plantation), hiring workers, buying increasingly advanced equipment and continuing to tour the wine shows of France and the world, proudly flying the flag of his own wines as well as all the others in his region. But if you think Hervé Bizeul has retired his pen, then think again: today, he is among the most prolific contributors to be found in the blogosphere.

Grande figure du monde du vin et du Roussillon qui s’est fait connaître pour sa volonté de signer de grands vins de caractère égalant certains grands crus, Hervé Bizeul nous propose ici un IGP Côtes Catalanes savoureux composé de pinot noir. Celui-ci provient de vignes plantées sur un côteau pentu et aride du lieu-dit Cabrils que l’on retrouve au sein de la commune de Tautavel. Elles prennent leurs racines dans des sols d’argiles rouges et noires. L’orientation au nord comme les vendanges précoces permettent de conserver une belle acidité, indispensable à l’équilibre du vin. La macération pré-fermentaire à froid est suivie d’une fermentation enclenchée par les levures indigènes. S’ensuit un élevage de huit à dix mois en fûts de chêne. On croque alors dans un véritable panier de fruits rouges, où les notes de mûre et de cerise se mêlent à des arômes de garrigue et un léger boisé. La bouche dense et sensuelle se termine sur une longue note parfumée. Voici donc un pinot noir qui révèle la générosité du Roussillon.

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