Illimis - Paarl Grenache Noir 2023Illimis, meaning clarity in Latin, focuses on producing wines that reflect their origin. It is the passion project of winemaker Lucinda Heyns, who left her wine research position to found the small minimal intervention winery. From 2 Wellington vineyards planted in 2007 and 2015 (the latter bush vine), and in clay and shale soils, with pockets of schist. This saw 60% whole bunch, and a native ferment with 11 days on skins before 7 months in older 225L
with crisp pear
the firm passed via his widow to her nephew
creating the La Sœur Cadette range
in the western Vallée de la Marne
Pierre Ramonet arrived in Burgundy in the late 1920s with nothing but a knapsack
From our earliest days of cider making
with a temperature between 10 to 12 °C
they are almost forgotten when talking about the region
In 1945 Emilio Lustau Ortega began to sell his wines directly
which provide ideal growing condition for the grape varieties used for Cava production: Macabeo
to help recover the Small Grain Muscat in La Rioja which had disappeared due to phylloxera
Bottling takes place at the domain and the bottles are hand-riddled
