Clos du Mont-Olivet Lirac red 2022

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Clos du Mont-Olivet Lirac red 2022

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2025 (August 2024): 90/100.

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VINTAGE
“A fine and vibrant vintage”
Beautiful yields and excellent quality of wines characterize the 2022 vintage in the Gard.
The 2022 growing season began with a relatively mild spring leading to very early bud break.
The early, dry, and hot summer that followed resulted in consistently above-average temperatures. Thunderstorm rains on August 16 in the Gard, followed by the Mistral wind, allowed for harvesting the grapes at good maturity starting September 9.
The 2022 vintage is considered among the best of the last decade.
With extremely fine and silky tannins, the Lirac 2022 impresses with its finesse, balance, and beautiful aging potential.

TERRIOR
Our vines are located in the municipalities of Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres and Saint-Génies-de-Comolas on the right bank of the Rhône. No less than 12 plots spread across the lieux-dits “Les Cosses,” “Les Thez,” “Liorgues,” “Lacoste,” and “Caveyrac.” The soils are very rich in Pliocene sands with some plots containing red silica mixed with scattered pebbles, remnants of the Urgonian era. This terroir imparts depth and freshness to the wines.

VINIFICATION
The grapes are hand-harvested, with a very strict sorting to select only the best berries. The choice of harvest date is essential to be as precise as possible regarding ripeness. Vinification is then conducted with some pump-overs and rackings without seeking maximum extraction. Press juice and free-run juice are aged separately in concrete tanks and then blended after a few months and housed in tanks, foudres, demi-muids, and barrels. The percentage of containers varies depending on the profile of the vintage.
Fermentation: 100% in concrete tank
Aging: 57% in tank, 28% in foudre, 12% in barrels, and 3% in demi-muids.

BLEND
65% Grenache noir - 15% Syrah – 15% Mourvèdre – 5% Cinsault

SERVICE TEMP: 15°C