2020 Le Temps des Cerises Un Pas de Côté

WINEMAKER: Axel Prüfer
REGION: Languedoc, FR
VARIETAL: Grenache Noir
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

"Un Pas de Côté is a dark purple wine that has a beautiful, soft tannin structure with complexity coming from the quality of grapes used. This season it has returned to being pure Grenache as it has been in most previous vintages. In other years it has also included some Merlot, Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan and Aramon which is a grape that is native to the region. The vines grow on granitic quartz soils and the minerality is pronounced. The grapes undergo carbonic maceration for a period of two weeks." - Living Wines

 Axel Prüfer was born and raised in East Germany but moved to France as a young man to take up a career in winemaking in a remote vineyard surrounded by forest. Because the forests are the natural habitat of wild boars, Axel collects human hair from the hairdressers in the local village and spreads it around the boundary of his vineyard. He says that the boar pick up the human scent from the hair and avoid the vineyard. The vineyard is a picture of health with spiderwebs everywhere and an amazing biodiversity on display.