Appellation: Languedoc
Grapes: Cinsault
Size: 75cl
 
Le Cartel is a confidential production of south of France wines issued from selected plots and vinified by two friends, two winemakers: Fredi Torres and Jean-Rémi Mourad. Two guys rooted in the previous era, like centenary vine plants, but definitively turned to the future, two enthusiasts born in the late 70s, that is Le Cartel essence, the story of this "in between" generation, born in one century, but who lived their youth during the next one, raised with vinyl records, but young adults during the digital revolution, a generation able to contemplate natural landscapes beauty and vineyards during hours, but fully inscribed in our globalized world.
Our wines are vinified in Gruissan, with grapes issued from small vine parcels selected for their singular characteristics: Looking for unique and exceptional terroirs is part of our DNA and philosophy. Installed in the center of a fully equipped winery, in a dedicated area, we have access to a traditional vat room (Cement and stainless steel tanks), that we completed with several ovoid Flex Tank polyethylene’s vats, which allow us to vinify and age smalls batches separately, in order to preserve our selections tipicity.
Unusual ovoid shape of these tanks generates convection moves of the wine during vinification and aging phases, in addition their unique material delivers controlled microoxygenation equivalent to the one of wine barrels. This configuration gives us great flexibility for the production of "Le Cartel" wines, this is one of our leitmotifs in this project: working without limits between authenticity, technicality and tradition. Through this method, we seek to be as close as possible to the parcels, expressing and extracting their soul and the secret of each vine selected for Le Cartel.