Appellation: Vin de France, Pétillant Naturel

Region: Languedoc

Grape variety: 100% Grenache.

Soil Type: Clay-limestone, sandstone slab, rolled pebbles.

Winemaking: ''Pet-Nat'' = ''Alive'' in English is a Pétillant Naturel, which means, it follows the ''méthode ancestrale'' without intervention / addition of any sort in the winemaking; No use of pesticides, insecticides, chemicals, nor sulfites. Most of the work is done in the vineyard to make sure the double fermentation will happen naturally. After the early morning harvest and the pressing, the first fermentation (alcoholic fermentation) happens in large vats - When the wine reaches 10 degrees alcohol with 25,2 grams of sugar remaining - we bottle it and the second fermentation starts in an anaerobic environment (without oxygen) - the remaining sugar will entirely be transformed (there is no RS) into an additional 1,5% alcohol + 4,1 bar of pressure which makes the wine sparkling naturally - at that point the yeasts are asleep so the wine remains ''Alive''

Tasting Notes: This Rose displays note of Raspberry and grapefruit as well as some white peach notes by the nose. In the palate the wine has moderate acidity level and is very mouth-filling with fine and delicate bubbles.

Serving and Pairing with Food: Summer salads, burrata and tomatoes, sautéed shrimps or carpaccio / ceviches / crudos.

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