Vineyard from 1950 with a density of 1400 feet/Ha.

Types of soils

Soils with schistose marls located in the southern calcareous foothills of the Corbiéres Massif. Border area between the Pyrenees-Orientales and the Aude area. Altitude 220m. Vintage with constant rains during the autumn, dry and slightly cold winter that caused early bud break. Some frosts in April limited production. Dry spring and summer until providential rains at the end of August. Manual harvest on September 14, at the optimal ripening moment of the plot.

Vinification

Long and delicate pressing. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in foudre followed by aging in foudre for 10 months. George Brassens plays with words in his song Les Copains D’Abord, and it is precisely this game between The Shipmates and The Friends First on which Manuel draws inspiration and bases the philosophy of this project that he carries out with his best friends. of his years of studies in France selecting and producing this range of wines in pursuit of maintaining that beautiful relationship of long, lasting, sincere and noble friendship, qualities that are reflected in these wines