Laurent Miquel Solas Pinot Noir 2024 (Case 6 x 75cl)
Case price equivalent to £12.75 per bottle
Laurent Miquel Solas Pinot Noir
Region: Languedoc, France
Vintage: 2024
Bottle size: 6 x 75cl
Grape: Pinot Noir
ABV: 13.5%
Solas Pinot Noir is a well-balanced, food-friendly wine with medium body
and light, bright berry flavours – red cherry, raspberry and blackberry. Smooth on the palate with aromas of garrigue strawberries and rosemary and hints of Indian spiced tea on the finish.
‘Solas’ is the Irish for ‘light’, and in French means ‘joy’, ‘pleasure’ and ‘enjoyment’. Laurent Miquel’s Solas wines reflect the purity, balance and light-handed approach that characterises Laurent’s approach to winemaking. To make the Solas Pinot Noir, they used night-time harvesting and pre-fermentation cold soaking between 5-7 days to extract maximum fruit aroma. Fermentation took place up to 25-26 degrees, alternating plunging and pumping over. Aging took place in stainless steel tanks with 20% aged in 1-2 year old barrels.
Laurent Miquel is a forward-thinking 200-hectare family-run estate, based in Cessenon sur Orb in the Languedoc region. Laurent Miquel owns over 200 hectares of vines in the Languedoc: 150 hectares at Château Cazal Viel, and an additional 50 hectares at Château Auzines, in Corbières, where Laurent and Neasa put down their own roots in 2009. The total Château Auzines estate is 270 ha – the rest of the land is left wild to the garrigue and wild boar, in line with the sustainability philosophy at the heart of this family business. They also created what they call a “lucky lake” at the domaine, to harvest rainwater which is used to ensure balanced elegant fruit. At Laurent Miquel, the focus is completely on quality, which Laurent believes starts and ends in the vineyard. Their estates are certified sustainable with the comprehensive HVE Level 3 certification.
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