We were driving to Nîmes yesterday when we saw a huge grape picker (there must be a better name for it than that) emptying its load (top) into a trailer. No specially selected, handpicked grapes here m'lud, this is grape picking at its most basic and probably represents what the majority do.
A little later we popped into Domaine du Grand Chemin to buy some of their Gris. There we saw Emmanuel Floutier (bottom) tipping grapes into the first stage process of removing stalks and other detritus before the grapes are (in this case) pressed. Their Gris is well known in these parts. It is a very pale rosé made from cincault and grenache. Whilst both these grapes are black, they are treated like white grapes and pressed rather than macerated. The pressing allows for a little contact between the juice and the skin which gives it its pale rosé colour. Jolly nice it is too.
A little later we popped into Domaine du Grand Chemin to buy some of their Gris. There we saw Emmanuel Floutier (bottom) tipping grapes into the first stage process of removing stalks and other detritus before the grapes are (in this case) pressed. Their Gris is well known in these parts. It is a very pale rosé made from cincault and grenache. Whilst both these grapes are black, they are treated like white grapes and pressed rather than macerated. The pressing allows for a little contact between the juice and the skin which gives it its pale rosé colour. Jolly nice it is too.
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