Rouge Pedres Blanques is the only wine, from Grenache grapes grown on schist, from Rié and Hiro, a Japanese couple who attended the wine school in Beaune, where the two met for the first time.
It is vinified and aged in Banyuls in a facility they share with 9 other winemakers. The two are passionate about working in the vineyard. So when it came time to make their wine, they had to search outside Burgundy for affordable vineyards.
They tried without luck in the north. In the end, they found Collioure, and a retired vigneron sold them his vineyards.
The name of their domaine is Pedres Blanques, "White Rocks" in Catalan.
In Collioure, the vines are by the sea. With incredible slopes and thousands of terraces, they represent one of the most spectacular French vineyards you can find. The 3.5 hectares of Rié and Hiro are located in the most remote part of the appellation and at the end of the world.
The views are stunning, the energy is incredible, but the climate is often violent. The wind is fierce and the place is arid. There is a downside: no frost and almost no disease.
For this reason, the Rié and Hiro farm is organic and does not need to use copper.
They do everything by hand or with a motor hoes.
Soon they will make a rosé, in the wake of French and Italian masters.
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