2022 Mas des Capitelles Faugeres Vieilles Vignes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France LC 2025 December located on the west side

located on the west side of Cayuga Lake on silty loam soils

There it stayed for eight weeks on stems and skins under a blanket of CO2

Winemaking: Slow pressed grapes are vinified in stainless steel

the 2023 vintage delivers a refined

After the grapes were destemmed and crushed

2022 Mas des Capitelles Faugeres Vieilles Vignes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France LC 2025 December located on the west sideMas des Capitelles workhorse Vieilles Vignes is built on the backs of Mourvdre (50%) and Carignan (25%) from vines up to 80 years old, with Syrah (25%) completing the blend. After a 30 day maceration with a small proportion of semi carbonic whole clusters in the fermentation, one fifth of the cuve was aged in oak and four fifths in fiberglass and enamel vats, with bottling taking place after 14 months. An exuberant nose of blueberries, violets, and