Données techniques
Vinification :
- classique (vendange éraflée et foulée),
- fermentation en cuve inox à température contrôlée,
- température maximale de 32°C,
- durée de cuvaison de 25 à 30 jours,
- remontages bi-journaliers en première moitié de cuvaison, puis quotidien.
Terroir :
- sol brun formé sur éboulis calcaire du Crétace,
- pente de 10 à 20%,
- altitude 150 à 200 m,
- exposition sud-est pour le cépage mourvèdre (sous la falaise de l'Hortus),
- exposition nord-est pour le cépage syrah (sous la falaise du Pic Saint Loup),
- exposition intermédiaire pour le cépage grenache.
Elevage :
- en barriques bordelaises,chêne de l'Allier, chauffe moyenne,
- bois neuf 2/3, bois de un vin 1/3,
- durée : 15 mois.
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Cépages : 60% Syrah, 35% Mourvèdre, 5% Grenache
Terroirs : Sol brun formé sur éboulis calcaire du Crétacé, altitude 150 à 200m, - exposition sud-est pour le Mourvèdre (sous la falaise de l'Hortus), nord-est pour la Syrah (sous la falaise du Pic Saint Loup), intermédiaire pour le Grenache. Climat méditerran
Viticulture : Vignes menées selon des rendement de 35hl/ha
Vendanges : en partie manuelles
Vinification : classique, fermentation en cuve inox à température contrôlée
Élevage : 13 mois en barriques bordelaises, 2/3 bois neuf, 1/3 bois de un vin
A propos du producteur
Le domaine de L'Hortus, à la croisée de la montagne du Pic Saint-Loup et du mont de l’Hortus, se situe sur les hauteurs de l’arrière-pays montpellierain, dominant le Golfe du Lion. Le domaine est depuis plus de 25 ans la fierté de la famille Orliac, Marie-Thérèse et Jean en tête, qui a su en faire l'un des domaines emblématiques de l'appellation des Coteaux du Languedoc, en faisant au passage une bonne partie de la renommée du Pic Sant-Loup.
La famille mène le vignoble de l'Hortus, 50ha d'éboulis calcaire où s'expriment magnifiquement la syrah, le mourvèdre et le grenache (pour les rouges), le chardonnay, le viognier et la roussanne (pour les blancs) dans une orientation nord-est idéale, et le Clos du Prieur, enclave de 10ha au coeur de la vallée de Buèges, actuellement en appellation Vin de pays Val de Montferrand.
Un domaine vivant, profondément ancré dans son terroir et dans son temps, privilégiant pour une bonne part les méthodes de récolte et de vinification traditionnelles, dans le respect de la nature, du vin et des hommes.
About the winery
The Pic Saint Loup and Hortus mountains are at the cross-roads of Legend and History. According to a children’s story, they were born from the blow of a club given by a giant who had flown into a terrible rage. Since then the mountain weeps from the Mascla spring. Pic Saint Loup also evokes the name of the sainted knight Loup who, in memory of his lady, became a hermit, singing his undying love from the top of this rocky peak. These mountains were also the place where the Neanderthal men found refuge in the caves of the Hortus cliff. Overlooking the valley from their balcony, they were the first to barbecue caribou meat. Hortus was also the name given by the Romans when they discovered with astonishment so many gardens in this area. This valley was also the place where the bishops of Maguelone retired to their country homes when, tired of business, they came to recover in the peaceful hilly setting in the hinterland. This is a land of vines and olive trees, crossed by shepherds and coal makers of every origin supplying the cities on the sea shore with wool and charcoal.
Pic Saint Loup and Hortus are the first ramparts of the Cévennes hills, overlooking the Gulf of Lions, surveying the scene from the Mount Ventoux to the Canigou. This is a country with rocks and cliffs; with olive trees and broom scattered throughout and peonies and dandelions nestled in the fallen rocks; caves are a sanctuary for owls and eagle owls, fowl and game ; thickets of holm and pedunculata oak trees offer a festive setting to roe deers and wild boars; scores of rabbits and young partridges play in the branches of rosemary bushes among the scents of thyme, musk and cade.
Since the time when the first men settled, in the shelter of the Hortus cliff up to now, he has never ceased creating landscape in his own image: clearing the land for cattle and crops, building terraces to prevent the stones from falling down the hills, canalizing rainwater, building shelters: sheepfolds for the animals, houses or little sheds for men and tools. They have blazed trails linking villages to the vineyards and sheepfolds to the summer pastures; they have built castles and hermitages to the glory of our Lord. Landscapes have evolved along with man’s aspirations, his will being to turn the hostile garrigue into a place of good living. Indeed this country is characterized by a complex balance. Since the beginning of time, vineyards have been part of the continuity of the country, its climate, morphology and history and are the portrayal men had of themselves in their minds.
(Source: www.vignobles-orliac.com)
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