Domaine Jones Vineyard Collection Syrah

Description

Domaine Jones Vineyard Collection Syrah is a red wine produced by Katie Jones in the Languedoc Roussillon wine-growing region of France. The vineyard collection is the name for Katie’s main range of estate wines and also includes Grenache Noir, Grenache Gris and Carignan.

Domaine Jones is owned and run by Katie Jones. Katie was the Sales and Marketing Director for the Mont Tauch co-operative in the Languedoc for nearly twenty years until she fell in love with a small 3.5 hectare vineyard in the Maury Valley in 2007. The wine-making philosophy at Domaine Jones is to employ traditional, down–to-earth farming methods and innovative winemaking techniques to capture the characteristics of the terroir and the local area. Domaine Jones wines are only produced in very small quantities – this truly is boutique wine-making. Katie Jones has recently acquired some more vineyards in the village of Tuchan and many of are planted with low yielding old vines with some up to 100 years old. They vineyards are planted with a mix of different grape varieties, co-planted in the same vineyard in place, which was a common way of planting in the early part of last century. Katie initially made Domaine Jones Grenache Noir and White from her own vineyards and later purchased a vineyard in Fitou. Today she has even more projects including the Along Came Jones and La Perle Rare ranges.

The grapes for the Domaine Jones Vineyard Collection Syrah are come from two of Katie’s tiny vineyards situated between Tuchan and Paziols in the Languedoc, La Caune and St Roch. The soils are limestone, clay and schist and they are farmed following organic practices. One vineyard is located at an altitude of 350 m and brings freshness to the blend whereas the other vineyard is lower in the valley and brings the concentration. The vines are around 45 years old making them some of the oldest syrah in Tuchan.