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Racines Rouge, Les Cailloux du Paradis 2020
Les Cailloux du Paradis
Les Cailloux du Paradis is an iconic estate in the Sologne viticole, located near Soings en Sologne in the Loir et Cher. The domaine was founded in the late 1970s by Claude Courtois, a pioneer of natural winemaking in France whose work predates the modern natural wine movement. Today the estate is run by his son, Étienne Courtois, who continues the family’s uncompromising approach to low intervention viticulture across roughly ten hectares of mixed sand, flint, clay, and silex soils. The vineyards are farmed organically with biodynamic influences, worked entirely by hand, and surrounded by forest which encourages biodiversity. Fermentations are spontaneous with indigenous yeasts, ageing is slow and oxidative in old barrels, and no sulphur is added at any stage, producing wines of deep character and unmistakable identity.
Racines Rouge 2020 is sourced from old vine Gamay de Bouze and Gamay Chaudenay planted on flint and silex rich clay soils. The 2020 season in Sologne brought a warm and even growing cycle with excellent fruit set and concentration in the late summer period. Grapes were hand harvested and undergo full bunch maceration for several weeks in open wooden vats before spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts. The wine is aged for around twelve months in old barrels without racking, sulphur, or filtration. The result is a dark toned, structured expression of Gamay’s teinturier varieties, showing black cherry, forest floor, bramble, dried herbs and the estate’s signature earthy intensity. Tannins are firm yet supple, and the finish reveals the saline, smoky imprint of the silex soils.
Origin Soings en Sologne, Loir et Cher, France
Grapes Gamay de Bouze, Gamay Chaudenay
Vintage 2020
Alcohol 13%
Style Beautiful Aromatic Vibrant Red
Bottle size 75cl
Winemaking Organic farming, full bunch maceration, spontaneous fermentation, aged in old barrels, no fining, no filtration, zero sulphur
Notes Zero sulphur, biodynamic influence, low intervention, forest edge biodiversity, terroir expressive