Château Capitoul

Solstice

AOP La Clape

Grape varieties

Grenache, Syrah

Barrel ageing

Yes

Flavours

Fruity, Oaky

Winemaking

Récolté de nuit, avec un double tri, à la vigne et en cave. Les faibles rendements permettent de maximiser à la fois concentration et complexité (30 hl/ha). La technique de la vinification intégrale est employée pour la syrah. Le grenache et la syrah sont ensuite élevés en fûts neufs. Après la mise en bouteille, le vin est conservé au moins un an dans nos caves.

Food & Wine Pairings

Solstice exprime la nature sauvage qui l’entoure et offre un vin puissant aux notes de mûres confites, bourgeon de cassis, tapenade, pouvant évoluer vers la truffe avec le temps. C’est un vin étoffé, riche et complexe doté de tanins veloutés.

Se marie parfaitement avec une viande marbrée, camembert rôti au four, côtelettes d’agneau, viandes en sauce, gibier.

Tips from the sommelier

Serving temperature

16-18°C

Ageability

6 years

Advice for opening

Decant 1h before serving

AOP La Clape

The La Clape hill range has a dry, harsh climate. Sunshine and wind form a generous couple with the exposed rocks either bathed in their warmth or buffeted by their force. La Clape is one of France’s sunniest spots, with up to 3,000 hours of sunshine a year. This is no accident – in the sky above, thirteen different winds cross paths. The Tramontane, Cers, Ponant, Spanish wind, Lebech and Gregaou, to name a few, take it in turns to drive away the clouds that may otherwise form a shroud over the beautiful peninsula. Occasionally, a southern storm rises and outsmarts La Clape’s windy allies. And when it does, the spectacle is as magnificent as it is rare.

Here, the soil series alternate: the land is home to a mantle of flat stones with sharp edges; red earth with oxidised iron; grey or yellow marl; and red or green sandstone for instance. La Clape offers a merry-go-round of soil types uniquely suited to the needs of each grape variety. The stones toughen up the vines and allow them to fully express their potential.