La Grange du Nord
Frédéric Agneray, Delphine Agneray
Sabran
Agneray was born in the département du Nord, in the Hauts-de-France region of France bordering Belgium. He spent years in Paris studying literature and frequenting wine bars. His interest in wine brought him to Loire to work with La Grange aux Belles before settling in Sabran, the Gard, to pursue his own winemaking in 2013. His enthusiasm for arts and culture is apparent on his wine labels, referring to Faulkner and Alain Bashung.
Starting with a plot of 3 hectares (named the Saint-Pons), the domain now extends to 8.5 hectares of vines in production. A team of four work the domain on a regular basis: Arouna, an apprentice, Alexis, a part time worker who is also developing a market garden with a hen house, Fred and his sister Delphine. All together they are actively building a shed to store their vineyard equipment, and plan to complete a wine making cellar within 5 years.
Vdf "Cercle" 2021
VARIETY : 80% Grenache + 20% Clairette / Carignan / Syrah / Cinsault
TERROIR :
Sandy clay / limestone.
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Grenache 5 day whole cluster maceration in whole harvest
Clairette / Carignan / Syrah / Cinsault in direct press
Vdf "Bords de Scène" 2021
VARIETY : 90 % Grenache / 10% Syrah /
TERROIR :
Sandy clay / limestone.
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Macerated as a whole crop for 6 days. Fiberglass or steel tank.
Vdf "Par les Dunes" 2021
VARIETY : 90% Grenache + 10% Clairette / Carignan / Syrah / Cinsault
TERROIR :
Sandy clay / limestone.
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
90 % Grenache (Maceration in whole harvest of 5 days)
10 % Clairette / Carignan / Syrah / Cinsault in
Vdf "Gare du Nord" 2021
VARIETY : 60 % Grenache / 30 % Cinsault /10 % Syrah
TERROIR :
Sandy clay / limestone.
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Assembly of a direct press of Cinsault-Grenache and a 5-day maceration in Syrah-Grenache in whole harvest
Vdf "Kalamite" 2021
VARIETY : 40 % Cinsault / 40% Syrah / 20% Grenache
TERROIR :
Sandy clay / limestone.
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Whole cluster maceration for 7 days / Fiberglass or steel tank.
Vdf "Gare du Nord" 2020
VARIETY : Grenache
TERROIR :
Sandy clay / limestone.
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Macerated as a whole crop for 6 days. Fiberglass or steel tank.
Vdf "Larrons" 2020
VARIETY : Syrah
TERROIR :
Sandy clay / limestone.
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Macerated as a whole crop for 8 days. Fiberglass or steel tank.
Vdf "Kalamite" 2020 (Grenache/Carignan/Syrah)
VARIETY : Grenache 40% from the lieu-dit La Brique, Carignan 40% and syrah, a bit of Clairette.
TERROIR :
Sandy clay / limestone.
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Whole cluster maceration for 6 days / Fiberglass or steel tank.
Vdf "Orniere" 2020
VARIETY : Cinsault/Grenache/Syrah
TERROIR :
Cinsault from Saint Pons parcels, Cinsault/Grenache in co-plantation from the Moulin and 20% syrah.
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Macerated for 6 days with whole grapes. Fiberglass or steel tank.
Vdf "Youkali" 2020
VARIETY : Carignan/Grenache/Syrah
TERROIR :
All the Saint-Pons grapes except the Cinsault (less than 10 hectolitres per hectare)
Organic.
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Macerated for 7 days with whole grapes. Fiberglass or steel tank.
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2019
Vdf "D'Équerre" 2019
VARIETY : 80% de Grenache / 20 % Roussanne
TERROIR :
Sand and Clay
Organic
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
Grenache 50% direct press,
50% whole cluster with 5 day maceration
Roussanne direct press
The three tanks are combined in the early winter.
No added sulphites, no filtration nor fining
Vdf "Gare du Nord" 2019
VARIETY : 85% de Grenache / 20 % Syrah
TERROIR :
30/40 year old Grenache vines
Sand and Clay
Organic
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
All of the Grenache is macerated for 9 days
Whole cluster Syrah grapes in one vat
Slow press of 8 hours
No added sulphites, no filtration nor fining
Vdf "Kalamite" 2019
VARIETY : Grenache and a touch of Cinsault
TERROIR :
Sandy limestone, Sandy loam
Organic
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
50% whole clusters
50% de-stemmed with 11 days maceration.
8 hour press.
Élevage in stainless steel tanks.
No filtration, no fining
2018
Vdf "Kalamite" 2018
VARIETY : Grenache and a touch of Cinsault
TERROIR :
Sandy limestone, Sandy loam
Organic
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
50% whole clusters
50% de-stemmed with 11 days maceration.
8 hour press.
Élevage in stainless steel tanks.
No filtration, no fining
Vdf "Larrons" 2018
VARIETY : Syrah
TERROIR :
40 year old vines, sandy limestone
Organic
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
50% whole clusters
50% de-stemmed 12-day maceration
Combined in the spring.
No filtration nor fining
Vdf "Mitan" 2018
VARIETY : Grenache
TERROIR : 30-year-old vines from the two most beautiful plots of the estate. One is sloping, east-facing and very rocky, only the upper part of the plot has been selected. The other is a clearing of 30 acres in the middle of the woods. These are very poor soils, with low yields despite the young age of the vines.
Organic
HARVEST : hand picked
VINIFICATION :
50% grenache grapes with a 14-day maceration.
50% whole cluster grenache with a 12-day maceration.
Combined in spring.
No filtration, no fining