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Val de Combrès

Valentin Létoquart

18 56 8825 KM

Installation in 2013 on 8 hectares, including 7 in cooperative and 1 in particular vinification, in Oppède, on the northern slope of the Petit Luberon. The soils are sandy on the slopes, and deeper on the banks of the Calavon (clay-limestone marl, and silty saffron). All surfaces are carried out in organic farming. Year after year I consolidate my installation by “freeing” plots from the cooperative, and gradually increasing my volumes in private cellars. I have, for the 2018 vintage, 5 hectares in particular vinification and 3 hectares still in the cooperative. This proportion allows me to take special care of the vines for my particular vinification, in particular to cultivate according to the lunar calendar (late pruning in the waning moon, tillage in the root day, bottling during low tidal coefficients. .). Short pruning with two eyes, heavy disbudding to limit yields and leaf stripping to reduce treatments. Some operations (putting on and taking off the shoes, among others) are carried out using animal traction, in order to limit soil compaction. The soil is worked if necessary, in order to guarantee an assimilable nitrogen content necessary for future fermentations. The use of the tractor is limited to the maximum. The harvest is manual, in small boxes, sorting is carried out on the plot if necessary, because we are lucky to have a particularly healthy climate on this northern slope of the Petit Luberon. The vinifications are "natural": grape yeasts (indigenous) only, no wine input is provided, and all the wines have been without added sulphites for four vintages. My goal is the search for flexibility, freshness and pleasure. Most of the work for me is in the vineyard, once it is done correctly, we can trust our raw material and accompany it rather than constrain it ... Temperature control, aeration of the juices, racking of the lees, pumping over, punching down, and other mechanical interventions are designed according to the fermentation kinetics and the desired result. I let myself be guided by my senses and my intuitions, with humility, wishing to keep a part of "magic". Balance is a quest, patience is the way.

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Wines at Val de Combrès

White Wines

Iceberg - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
Iceberg
Roussanne, Gros Vert
Vin de France
La Tempête Éparpillée - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
La Tempête Éparpillée
Grenache Noir
Vin De France

@heb

Les Champs Magnetiques 2020 - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
Les Champs Magnetiques 2020
Clairette, Ugni Blanc, Grenache Gros, Gris Vert
Vallée du Rhône

@Bibilungen

Les Champs Magnetiques 2021 - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart -2021
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
Les Champs Magnetiques 2021 -2021
Grenache, chardonnay
Vallée du Rhône
Les Quilles de Joie - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
Les Quilles De Joie
Grenache, Syrah, Carignan
AOP Luberon
MC Carignan - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
Mc Carignan
Carignan
VSIG
Funky Town - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
Funky Town
Carignan
VSIG
Grenache - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
Grenache
Grenache
VSIG
Splendor In The Glass - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
Splendor In The Glass
Carignan, Grenache, Muscat

@pierro74

L’Ivresse Des Profondeurs - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
L’Ivresse Des Profondeurs
Cabernet Franc, Grenache, Syrah
Vin De France

@nico_wino

La Lumière - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
La Lumière
Vallée du Rhône

Sparkling wines

Ghost in Ze Bottle - Val de Combrès - valentin-letoquart
WINE MADE BY A NATURAL WINEMAKER
Ghost In Ze Bottle
Grenache, Gros Vert, Roussane, Muscat, Lival
VSIG
 

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