After a cold and wet winter and a very wet spring, we had three weeks of rain in June.  This allowed the water reserves to recharge but it also resulted in a proliferation of late blight.  Fortunately for Puech Haut we were protected against the strong attacks of mildew.  This vintage will therefore be remembered for the extreme quality of the grapes harvested thanks to a very hot summer punctuated with regular rainfall, limited and short, a dry air and favorable temperatures with marked differences between day and night. This favorable climatic context made it possible to harvest grapes at their optimum maturity in most plots.  2018 has all the characteristics of a beautiful vintage in Languedoc.

The grapes came into the winery very early in the morning (2 to 8 AM) and maceration in concrete tanks last 5 weeks for the syrah and 3.5 weeks for the grenache.  Vinification is made in concrete tank as well.  25% of the syrah is aged in 228 liters barrels coming from Burgundy oak forests.  Medium toasts or medium +

Grape Variety - 60% Grenach, 40% Syrah 61 Meq/L Total acidity; 3.77 pH ABV: 14,38% Sugar < 1 Production: 17 000 cases

20 km North East from Montpellier, Puech Haut’ soils spread out on 250 ha between 50 and 150 m height This terroir made of round pebbles on top of a 4 meters clay layer has a Mediterranean climate

The 2017 vintage was very difficult with frost and a spring heat wave followed by a dry summer.  The Languedoc has not been spared by the bad weather this year, and the harvest were two weeks ahead on average, with quantities falling sharply (lowest harvest of the last 15 years) but a quality to the rendez-vous.

The grapes came into the winery very early in the morning (2 to 8 AM) and maceration in concrete tanks last 5 weeks for the syrah and 3.5 weeks for the grenache.  Vinification is made in concrete tank as well.  25% of the syrah is aged in 228 liters barrels coming from Burgundy oak forests.  Medium toasts or medium +

Grape Variety - 60% Grenach, 40% Syrah 61 Meq/L Total acidity; 3.77 pH ABV: 14,38% Sugar < 1 Production: 17 000 cases

The 2017 vintage was very difficult with frost and a spring heat wave followed by a dry summer.  The Languedoc has not been spared by the bad weather this year, and the harvest were two weeks ahead on average, with quantities falling sharply (lowest harvest of the last 15 years) but a quality to the rendez-vous.

The grapes came into the winery very early in the morning (2 to 8 AM) and maceration in concrete tanks last 5 weeks for the syrah and 3,5 weeks for the grenache. Vinification is made in concrete tank as well. 25% of the syrah is aged in 228 liters barrels coming from Burgundy oak forests. Medium toast or medium +

Grape Variety - 60% Grenach, 40% Syrah 61 Meq/L Total acidity; 3.77 pH ABV: 14,5% Sugar < 1 Production: 17 000 cases