Quentin Le Cleac'h - Uzes - Gard, France

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Quentin Le Cleac'h - Uzes - Gard, FranceWe first tasted Quentin Le Cleac'h's spirits while travelling through the Languedoc a couple of years ago. Made from a base of natural wines from the likes of Nicolas Renaud and Alain Allier, he forages local plants and botanicals to flavour his distillates. Where he can't find the aromatics he needs, he purchases them for an organic spice dealer Uzes is his take on Suze, a bitter French apritif made with gentian root. He uses a small amount of sugar

Domaine Bassac produces a red made of Carignan

and they are on a mission to bring 'cosmic verve in a litre bottle from the Alps to the Mediterranean'

The result is a slightly fizzy

Its delightful aroma and delightful taste make it an essential part of holiday traditions

with an hour or two of skin contact occurring in the transportation of the grapes

Stylistically it approachable and well balanced

15% Grenache

he has increasingly embraced more traditional winemaking methods

potatoes and potatoes

Direct pressed and elevage is all in stainless steel on fine lees

made from 75-year-old vines which lend the wine exceptional concentration of flavour

They ferment the grapes as whole bunches in a fiberglass tank