Domaine de Longue Toque
Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu – Organic 2022
AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Red
Tasting
Food & wine pairingsTian of sunny vegetables, barbecued duck breast,
Tian of sunny vegetables, barbecued duck breast,
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Detailed information
Vintage
A 2022 vintage marked by a spring and a summer historically hot and dry. These phenomena led to a increasing precocity at each stage of development of the vine. However, flowering took place under ideal conditions. Rains in mid-August made it possible to reach the harvest more calmly, thus spreading out the mid-August harvest at the beginning of October. At the end of this
vintage with a very atypical climate, the wines have beautiful structures and beautiful colours.
Grape varieties
Terroir
The vines lie between the villages of Travaillan and Camaret sur Aigues, on the vast alluvial terrace created by the Ouvèze, an once powerful sub-Alpine river. This terrace is an accumulation of large round stones and limestone gravels, with a sprinkling of flint. Sand and clay form the matrix of these larger elements. This layer can reach up to 25 or 30 meters deep along the ancient riverbed. Subsequently, important climatic upheavals altered the surface of this terrace, breaking down the limestone, developing ferous oxides and the apparition of more recent claybeds, which provide the Plan de Dieu with its characteristic red-brown hue.
Winemaking
Harvested on 31st August 2022. The two grape varieties are vatted together. Fermentation on indigenous yeasts. Cold pre-fermentation maceration (12°C) for 5 days. Light pumping over to favour smooth tannin extraction. 24-day maceration followed by pressing with reincorporation of the press wine to the free-run wine for this vintage. Aged in vats for 10 months. Bottled on July 11th 2023. bottles produced. Vegan friendly.
Service
Open 2 to 3 hours before serving between 13° and 15°C.
Degree of alcohol
Domaine de Longue Toque
Nestled in the foothills of the Dentelles de Montmirail since 1918, the Domaine de Longue Toque is one of the prestigious estates of Maison Gabriel Meffre since 1999. It takes its name from the long groves – ‘touque’ in Provençal – which delimited the parcelles by protecting them from the wind. The vineyards are located on a mosaic of terroirs that draw their original character from different geological layers, altitudes and exposures. The vineyard produces 6 appellations over 43 hectares: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Cairanne, Rasteau, Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu and Côtes du Rhône red and white. After 20 years in Terra Vitis (sustainable viticulture), 2020 marks the first year of certification for organic farming at the Domaine. A continuity in our desire to work the land and the wine with respect for nature and people. 2023 is to be the first harvest of the white Gigondas.
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