Les Vacances 2024

Lightness and purity of fruit is the goal here; the grapes for Vacances are the first to be harvested, retaining good acidity but still showing the effects of that southern ripeness. Like a raspberry ripple, with a flash of cherrystone almond and plenty of trademark Grenache spice. Val refers to this wine as 'his grenadine', which probably tells you all you need to know. Serve chilled. His lightest, juiciest red - almost in deep rosé territory. 100% Grenache is de-stemmed and left on the skins for just a couple of days before being pressed off and left to rest in steel before bottling the following spring with no additions at all.