Priory of Saint Jean de Bébian - Red 2022
The Prieuré Saint Jean de Bébian is located in Pézenas, in the Languedoc region . The estate has had several influential owners. In the 1970s, Alain Roux modernized the vineyard by introducing noble grape varieties while retaining local ones. In the 1990s, Chantal Lecouty and Jean-Claude Lebrun, former directors of the Revue du Vin de France, continued this quest for excellence. Since then, the estate has been in the hands of Russian industrialist Alexander Pumpyansky , who invested in modern equipment to vinify each plot separately. Under the direction of Benoît Pontenier since 2016, the estate has adopted a biodynamic approach , with the help of Jura winemaker Jean-François Ganevat. The estate now covers 32 hectares divided into 43 plots, offering a diversity of unique terroirs, including limestone, basalt and clay-siliceous soils.
Prieuré Saint Jean de Bébian Rouge is a blend of Grenache Noir (80%) and Cinsault (20%) . The Grenache vine is 80 years old and the Cinsault comes from a 65-year-old goblet vine. After the manual harvest, the crop is sorted on a sorting table. Fermentation is carried out in whole bunches for the Grenache while the Cinsault is destemmed. It begins in stainless steel vats and ends in old tuns. The parcel aging lasts 12 months in old tuns .
Grape varieties: 80% Grenache Noir, 20% Cinsault
