Domains of the Lises - Cornas 2018
Domaine des Lises et Equis is located in Pont de l'Isère, in the north of the Rhône valley. The 6-hectare estate is managed by Maxime Graillot (son of Alain Graillot) and Thomas Schmittel . They grow only Syrah, certified organic . They use traditional cultivation methods with a rejection of chemical inputs.
Cornas is made from Syrah grown exclusively in the town of Cornas. Part of the harvest (70%) is destemmed, the rest being vinified in whole bunches. The grapes are not crushed and the vatting lasts 20 days. The wine is aged for 18 months in barrels and demi-muids then 2 months in truncated conical wooden vats of 30 hectolitres. It is bottled at the beginning of September and then marketed after 4 months in the bottle .
Grape variety: 100% Syrah