Wine > Ballade pour Mistral

Red Wine 

Vin de pays d'oc

16° - 17°

Beautiful dark red colour, very deep and brilliant.

On the nose intense notes of very ripe small red fruit (blackcurrant, heart cherry).

A beautiful balance, on the palate, rich and full-bodied, dense, with tight and elegant tannins. Cheerful and flavoured attack, very fruity, with hints of coffee, chocolate, a nice spicy length (liquorice, vanilla). Elegant wine, with a strong ageing potential. Nice classic and expressive wine, in a Rhone Valley style. 

This original wine is a tribute to the Southern French poet Frédéric Mistral (Nobel Price of Literature) who, in the 19th century, dedicated a very long poem glorifying Bachellery’s wines. “Ballade pour Mistral” is the fruit of centuries-old traditions of vine growing and wine making in Languedoc. The 2000 vintage was awarded Gold medal of the national 2002 CNCP contest and 2002 Vinalies prize.

Technical features

Blend made from different varieties such as Syrah, Mourvèdre, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Grenache, Carignan).

In vineyard, all year long, the works were manually carried out : pruning, disbudding, thinning out of leaves, green fruit cutting for the youngest vines. Manual harvest in two times, visually selecting the grapes so as to eliminate those which were not ripe or sound enough.

The whole grapes were brought into the vats without any mechanical action, for a 25-day fermentation. Pressing was partly made with a manual press, after racking by hand.

Then the wines were poured into new French oak barrels (content of 300 to 500 litres). Ageing of at least 12 months. After racking, we put them in other barrels for a second ageing of 10 months.

Egg-white fining. No filtration.

Alc. content 14 % by vol.

Serving advice

Concours

Vintage 2000: Gold medal Concours National des Vignerons Indépendants 2002 - Prix des Vinalies au Concours des Vinalies Nationales 2002.

Vintage 2001: elected FEMINALISE 2008 at Beaune.