Variety: Carignan
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Clos du Gravillas is based in the village of Saint-Jean de Minervois in the shadow of the Montagne Noir in Languedoc-Roussillon. The 6-hectare estate is owned and run by American John Bojanowski
The estate is run strictly along organic lines and today produces some of the finest wines of the region. 'Lo Vielh' is made from 100% Carignan vines situated in a tiny 2 hectare plot, the vines are over 100 years old and yields are necessarily low. Aged in large oak demi-muids.