Côtes Catalanes "Trigone" blanc 2022 - Le Soula (BD & vin nature)

• Country / Region: France / Fenouillèdes (Côte de Roussillon)
• Grape variety: 39% Sauvignon Blanc, 33% Vermentino, 19% Grenache Blanc, 5% Marsanne and Rousanne, 4% Macabeu and Malvoisie du Roussillon
• In the vineyard: Granite terroir, vineyards located between 400 and 550 meters altitude and between 19 and 37 years old. Hand-picked. Biodynamic farming.
• In the cellar : Blend of different vintages 2018 (6%), 2019 (46%) and 2020 (48%). Maturation for 85% in oak tanks and 15% in 500L oak barrels. The whole bunches go directly through the press. Only the use of own yeasts. Filtered.
• Quality mark: Demeter

Domaine Le Soula was started in 2001 by English wine importers Roy Richards and Mark Walford with Gérard Gauby as advisor. From the beginning the vineyards were farmed organically and in 2008 they made the switch to fully biodynamic.

Today, the cheerful South African Wendy Paillé is the winegrower at Le Soula. Wendy moved to Virginia in 2003 and made the transition from sommelier to winegrower to work for a local winery, where she met Joseph Paillé. Love blossomed and Joseph convinced Wendy to move back to France with him, where Joseph created the Pithon – Paillé estate with wine legend Jo Pithon. In 2012, Wendy made her first solo vintage at Pithon-Paillé.

In 2014 she exchanged the Loire for Roussillon in the South of France, where Joseph started working at Domaine Benastra and Wendy at Domaine Le Soula, where she is ultimately responsible for the team, the cellar and 22 hectares of biodynamically cultivated vineyards.

At Le Soula Wendy makes very unique 'solera wines' according to the Sherry method. Blending different vintages is not allowed in France, which is why her wines are sold as the lowest classification 'Vin de France'. The mineral natural wines she makes are special, powerful but also elegant!