2024 Cyril & Elliot 'Blouge', Vin de France Vinos Pijoan with south facing exposition

with south facing exposition

and then raised partly in 225 liter French oak barrels and partly in steel vat for 12 months

No SO2 was used until a tiny amount at bottling

showcasing delicate structure

2024 Cyril & Elliot 'Blouge', Vin de France Vinos Pijoan with south facing expositionI discovered Blouge not that long ago really, through some cuves from Matassa I drank at Cave Septime this whole blending process was quite fascinating to me. Cyril and I discussed the project pretty early on, we first got to work on a ros base, out of my favorite grape there, Cinsault. And once that was done, we wanted more deptha little more color, something more Tavel like, more vinous. We started incorporating another component, still Cinsault,