Dena-Dela Rouge
Vin de France | Red | NM
Emmanuel Poirmeur, winemaker at Egiategia, offers a unique winemaking experience by vinifying his wines underwater in the Bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. His audacious concept combines passion, innovation, and tradition, creating wines with a surprising aromatic profile, characterized by a density of red fruit and an ability to transport the senses. Discover the viticultural adventure of a pioneer in new wine regions, who skillfully rehabilitates an 18th-century building to craft exceptional wines.
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Egiategia
Egiategia is an unconventional adventure born on the French Basque Coast. In 2008, Emmanuel Poirmeur, an agricultural engineer and oenologist, chose to establish a winery where no winemaking tradition existed: between the ocean and the mountains. A blank slate, embraced as such, to invent a new way of thinking about wine.
Egiategia's uniqueness stems from an intuition that became reality: the aging and secondary fermentation of wines underwater. As early as 2007, Emmanuel filed a patent for underwater immersion. Some cuvées are thus aged 15 meters deep in the Bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, where pressure, darkness, and thermal stability provide an unprecedented environment for the wine. An experimental yet well-considered approach, never a gimmick.
The first Chardonnay vines were planted in 2009, followed by the renovation of an 18th-century building into a winery in Socoa in 2011. Emmanuel approaches viticulture without dogma and ... Read more
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