The name of the wine means "the whirlpool of life" and is derived from the song sung by Jeanne Moreau in the masterpiece film "Suddenly, like a flame" directed by François Truffaut.・The name comes from a song sung by Jeanne Moreau in the classic film "Like a Flame" directed by Truffaut. The soil is schist and clay near Maury, and limestone in Corbières. Harvest: Late August
2021 was a cool year, but also a very dry one.
The wine was spared from the frost in April. The first vintage of this wine was 2014, made from grapes purchased from a vineyard managed by Jean-Philippe. It is a blend of plots scattered west of Calces near Maury and plots northeast of Calces in Corbières, close to the sea. The vines are old and were planted in 1970 and 1990. The whole bunches are fermented in concrete tanks for about 7 days. There is no extraction, the fruit is simply soaked in the juice. The wine is then slowly pressed and aged for 8 months in concrete tanks. To ensure stable quality, the wine is lightly filtered and a small amount of SO2 is added before bottling. The Roussillon region in southern France. Calces, with a population of only 200, is located 20km inland from the Mediterranean Sea, northwest of Perpignan. It is a village known for its very high proportion of excellent domaines. It belongs to an area with a Mediterranean climate. Jean-Philippe Padier, like fellow leading producers in Cars, Tom Loubs of Matassa, Thomas Theibert of Domaine de Horizons and Olivier Piton, gained experience at Domaine Goby before founding his winery in 2003. 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 discovered Prajol wines and decided to become a winemaker. Today, the estate owns 15 hectares, subdivided into around 40 plots, at an altitude of 200-300m. The soils are diverse, including limestone, schist and clay, and the vineyards are trained on gobeurs.
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.