LeBélletan2023–ClosSaintVincent

Belletan is a red wine made from 100% Braquet, a little-knowngrape varietygrown mainly on the hills of Bellet and in very small quantities. More commonly used for the region’sroséwines, Sergio has succeeded in taming this grape variety to produce an elegant, fruity and flavoursome red wine. The grapes come from the oldest vines and are harvested, as usual, by hand. The vinification is very gentle; Gio himself says that it’s infusion rather than maceration. He relies entirely on natural yeasts: the wine is neither clarified nor filtered, and is then aged in oak barrels for between 12 and 14 months. The wine has the same elegance and richness of flavour as all the little wonders of Clos Saint Vincent.