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Cave Anne de Joyeuse is a high quality cooperative winery in Limoux, which was founded in 1929 and which currently boasts 650 members. It is directed today by Guy Andrieu. Anne de Joyeuse is one of only ten wine cooperatives in France to carry the highest level of quality accreditation. All the individual growers who supply Anne de Joyeuse have to adhere to rigorous procedures, laid out and monitored by the co-operative's oenologists. They use GPS to track where the grapes and the growers are, and throughout the whole year constantly visit them to ensure that quality is achieved. They produce 85% reds, 10% whites and 5% roses.
The cave has been dedicated for years to an environmentally--friendly and terroir approach to wine-making. Since 1994 they have been recognized by the label “Protect The Planet” for work methods which are compatible with sustainable agriculture and the promotion of bio-diversity.
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| Cuvée Pinot Noir - Gargantuavis |
Cultivated on a terroir of red cretaceous clay on crushed limestone at 1200 feet altitude, this pinot noir from the high valley of Esperaza is manually harvested , is rigorously selected on a table de tri and de-stalked. Yields are at a modest 50 hectoliters per hectare (not dissimilar to village Burgundy).
A five day maceration with pigeage (punchdown) at 18° C. in stainless steel tanks of 120 hectoliters is followed by ten days of fermentation at 30° C. Six months of elevage is carried out in large, 100 hectoliter foudres (casks) of French oak.
This deep ruby colored wine offers cherry and red fruit aromas prolonged on the patate by hints of vanilla and hazelnut.
Serve slighty cooled with braised meats cooked with mushrooms or goat cheese. This type of Pinot Noir is one of the most flexible wines with food.
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