Domaine d'Aupilhac, IGP Vin de Pays Les Servieres, 2012 cote-to-cote-club roasted in underground pit ovens

roasted in underground pit ovens and distilled in copper stills

where warm days and cool alpine nights preserve freshness

Johannes Hirsch farms it biodynamically

Open-top wooden vats

Domaine d'Aupilhac, IGP Vin de Pays Les Servieres, 2012 cote-to-cote-club roasted in underground pit ovensSylvain Fadat is a pioneer of serious Languedoc wine, farming organically and biodynamically high up in Montpeyroux since he founded Domaine d'Aupilhac in 1989. Les Servires is his pure Cinsault, a grape usually relegated to ros but here taken completely seriously: old vines, low yields and a wine of real lift and finesse. Bottled as an IGP because Cinsault sits outside the appellation rules, it's the south of France's answer to a fresh, drinkable red