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Minervois new wave

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Benjamin Taillandier in the Minervois AOC in the Languedoc make wines less concentrate and alcoholic ... Lighter, fresher and lower in alcohol ... However his wines are full of liveness and are also vindesoif .... VITI VINI BIBI is a cuvee of grenache, cinsault, carignan with very low level of so2 ... He start in 2007 after finish winemaking school and work under Jean Baptiste Senat at Domaine Senat... For Benjamin Jean Baptiste is a mentor and with the technique and ideas he learned with his master; he decide to make is own wines. In 2007 he settled in his family’s hometown of Caunes-Minnervois, he purchased less than 6 hectare of vine under Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah and Terret Gris converting the farming in organic with the goal to convert in a future all his vines in biodynamic farming.  He achieved Ecocert certification.  Benjamin make fresh, mineral and full of flavour wines for the Minervois appellation.. A producer to watch ... #mineralwine #schist #marble #sandst