A masterpiece from the winery.
The name of the cuvée comes from the song "Je suis un petittaureau" by Claude Ngaro from 1967. This is the winery's masterpiece.
The name of the cuvée comes from the song "Je suis un petittaureau" by Claude Ngaro in 1967. Carignan is made of limestone and red clay, the rest of the soil is schist. Yield: 20hl/ha
Although it was affected by rain in spring, it bloomed well. In early summer, it was hit by a heat wave.
This is a significant decrease from the usual yield of 35hl/ha. The vineyards cover 4ha in Calces, with Carignan planted in 1900 and 1978, Syrah in 1980, and Mourvedre in 1998. All are vineyarded in Gobelins. 25hl concrete tanks are used. Young and old vines are vinified separately. After harvest, 2/3 of each grape is pressed with whole bunches, and 1/3 is pressed immediately after harvest and combined with whole bunches.
The Syrah and Mourvedre are pressed and macerated for about a week, then pressed and slowly fermented. Nothing is added during brewing, and the wine is aged in concrete for 8 months. To ensure stable quality, it is lightly filtered and a small amount of SO2 is added before bottling. The wine is from the Roussillon region in the south of France. Calces, a village with a population of only 200 people, is located about 20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea, northwest of Perpignan. It is known for its very high proportion of high-quality domaines. It belongs to an area with a Mediterranean climate. Jean-Philippe Padier, like Tom Loubs of Matassa, Thomas Teibert of Domaine de Horizons, and Olivier Piton, who are also representative producers in Calces, founded the winery in 2003 after gaining experience at Domaine Goby. Although he spent his childhood in Burgundy, Jean-Philippe's roots are in the southwest of France, where his grandparents lived. It was here that he encountered Prajol wine and decided to become a winemaker. Today the estate covers 15 hectares, subdivided into around 40 plots, at an altitude of 200-300m. The soils are varied (calcareous, schist and clay), and the vineyard is trained on goblet soil.
The cultivation is organic and biodynamic, and he sprays infusions of herbs, especially nettles. His wines have become more refined and pure. He does not use sulfites during brewing, but adds them as needed at bottling. His wines are elegant, pure and full of rich fruitiness. He once called them Cotes du Roussillon, but now he does not place much importance on the appellation, so he makes all his wines Vin de France.
The symbol on Jean-Philippe's label represents the sun, as all life is born from the sun, and the third eye, which sees through all life. Many of the cuvée names are related to pop culture. Even today, when other wineries representing Cals have large cellars outside the village, Jean-Philippe continues to make wine in a small cellar in the center of the village of Cals.