La Sorga

It was after 6 seasons spent in various vineyards in the South of France (Bergerac, Fitou, Corbières, Ariège and Châteauneuf du Pape) as a wine technician and oenologist that I chose to set up and create La Sorga. My goal was to produce a wide range of natural wines by combining organic or biodynamic farming and non-interventionist winemaking. This is the result of a rigorous selection of exceptional terroirs (only plots of hillsides, well drained over a wide range of geological profiles: shales, clay-limestone, quartz ...) in order to obtain naturally low yields. The selection is in the image of the one who designs it (a tad excessive…) and that's how I ended up with around forty vines to vinify (from Ariège to Chateauneuf-du-Pape via Gaillac ), because the more I visited, the more I retained! I favor isolated vines in order to avoid any contamination by chemical treatments. The vines are cultivated without synthetic products, they are plowed or kept in grass to promote microbial life in the soil and follow strict specifications concerning cultivation, yields, health status and stages of maturity. Another important element, the choice of grape varieties is very largely concentrated on the old varieties (Carignan, Cinsault, Aramon, Grenache, Mauzac, Muscat…), it is the same for the age of the vines, which varies (for 90% of production) from 40 to 110 years. The entire harvest is done manually with strict sorting, then it is transported in small boxes (15 kg maximum) to guarantee its integrity up to the cellar. Thereafter, the whites and rosés are slowly pressed, without prior destemming, for 4h30 to 8h and settled statically. The musts are then assembled and intoned in old barrels where the alcoholic fermentation by the native yeasts of the grapes takes place. The wines then continue their malolactic fermentation and their aging on lees in the barrels and are then bottled without fining and mostly without favorable moon filtration, by gravity. No oenological product is added and the doses of total SO2 vary between 0 and 30 mg / L for the dry ones and 45mg / L on certain sweet wines.

Domain Name:
La Sorga
Winemaker's Name:
Antony Tortul
Country:
France
Region:
Languedoc
Appellations:
Vin de France, Languedoc, Vin De France, Occitanie
Grape varieties:
Granche Blanc & Gris, Colombard, Sauvignon Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Duras, Sauvignon, Niellucciu, Muscat à petit grain, Cardinal, Listan, Pinot Noir, Grenache, Carignan, Chasan, Mauzac, Muscat D'Alexandrie, Mauzac Jaune, Cabernet Franc, Mourvèdre, Grenache noir, Muscat d'Alexandrie, Chenin, colombard et aramon, Aramon, Cinsault, Terret Bourret, Muscat, Noir de la Calmette, Syrah, Grenchae, Merlot, Côt, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Gris, Alicante Bouschet, Aubun, Grenache Noir, Merlot Carignan, Terret, Bourret, Alicante, Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Marianne, Mourvedre, Terret-Bourret, Braucol, ?, Grenache Gris, Muscat à Petit Grains, muscat, Petit Manseng, Gros Manseng, Viognier, Vermentino, Tannat, Picpoul, Muscadelle, Loin de l'Oeil