2023 Domaine de la Mordorée Lirac Blanc, Rhône Valley, France

ABOUT THIS WINE

Demeter certified organic and biodynamic vineyard. 100% manual harvest and sorting. Rolled pebbles on a mixture of sand and red clay. Organic and Biodynamic Method (native yeasts, limited sulfites). Destemming, crushing, skin maceration and temperature control-10% in barrels, 90% in vats.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Domaine de la Mordorée is a family estate, created in 1986 by Francis DELORME and Christophe, the domaine brings together a 57-hectare vineyard divided into 38 plots spread over 8 communes. Is located in the south of France and also in the south of the Rhone Valley.

In 30 years, Christophe Delorme has raised the Domaine de la Mordorée to the level of the greatest. By the «love of the land», this perfectionist, passionate and visionary winemaker has chosen to respect the terroir. The estate is organic in its entirety, with a biodynamic approach in the land and cellar. The harvest is manual on the entire vineyard.

Madeleine and her daughter Ambre have been pursuing the work initiated by Christophe with the team he formed. They chose to preserve the company to which he devoted himself body and soul, in the respect of the main objective: to produce the best possible wines.

The entire vineyard is labelled Biodynamic Agriculture (Demeter) since 2020, the wines are labelled Organic since 2013 and the winery is certified HVE level 3 (High Environmental Value) since 2019.