COUNTRY :
France
REGION :
Costière de Nîmes
PRODUCTION :
Emilie and Brice Bolognini started their wine adventure together 20 years ago when they purchased a significant 27 hectares of abandoned vines. Since their first vintage in 2003, they’ve slowed their production cutting back to 15 ha, converted to biodynamic agriculture, and have planted hundreds of trees around the estate, including mimosa, pomegranate, olive, and fig. All of their work in the vines are done manually with the help of sheep during the winter, and intervention in the cellar is kept low utilizing indigenous yeasts, low inputs, and only minimal sulphites at bottling.
Emilie and Brice’s aim was to build new respect for the soil, raw materials, the environment, and biodiversity, resulting in wines that are full of character and freshness, and demonstrate the highest integrity of the Costières de Nîmes and its neighboring Mediterranean Sea.

Carignan Mechant
Region: Costières de Nîmes
Grape: Carignan
Vineyard Size:
Soil: Rolled stones over reddish clay
Average Age of Vines: 75 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: Total destemming, indigenous yeasts, fermentation and maceration at controlled temperature
Aging: on fine lees in 400-liter barrels
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: minimal

Pari Finesse
Region: Costières de Nîmes
Grape: Grenache, Syrah, Carignan
Vineyard Size:
Soil:
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: De-stemmed, very gentle extraction of the fruits together, with a short aging of maximum 7 days
Aging: concrete
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: minimal

Lily Rose
Region: Costières de Nîmes
Grape: Grenache, Mourvèdre
Vineyard Size:
Soil:
Average Age of Vines:
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: De-stemmed and directly pressed, static cold settling
Aging: on fine lees in stainless steel
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: minimal

Les Salines
Region: Costières de Nîmes
Grape: Carignan
Vineyard Size:
Soil: Rolled stones over reddish clay
Average Age of Vines: 60-75 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: Grapes are refrigerated overnight after harvest, maceration for one night, de-vatting by gravity, then pressed into old barrels of more than 10 years old
Aging: old barrels
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: minimal

Le Chemin des Salines
Region: Costières de Nîmes
Grape: Cinsault, Grenache
Vineyard Size:
Soil:
Average Age of Vines: 75 years
Farming: organic
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: After the manual harvest, the sorting takes place on the property and then in the cellar. The grapes are chilled overnight and then placed in a vat by gravity. It macerates for 5 days and then gravity destroys it. The juices are pressed and flowed in old barrels that are more than 10 years old
Aging: concrete
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: minimal