Domaine Jones Fitou Vieilles Vignes Vineyard Collection – 2022

Katie Jones is a quirky, humorous and very skilled English winemaker who has been making great wine in the Southwest corner of France for over 25 years. She specialises in rescuing neglected plots of extremely old vines and through a combination of passion, hard work and real winemaking talent is able to produce amazing wines from them.

Domaine Jones consists of 15 small plots of vines – all cultivated using organic farming – scattered around the village of Tuchan in the Hautes Corbières, in the southernmost part of the Aude. All Katie’s vines are of a very advanced age (from 30-118 years old) and therefore naturally low-yielding. They all boast hillside locations with breathtaking views of the surrounding wild garrigue. The soils are clay and limestone, interspersed with schist.

Both modern yet deeply rooted in the traditional heritage of the appellation, this Fitou is a blend of 40% Carignan, 30% Grenache and 30% Syrah.

It is dark red in colour with scents of violets and roasted coffee beans. On the palate it is deep, dark and silky smooth in structure. It has a myriad of flavours of blackberries, spices and local wild herbs. It is quite simply a delicious Fitou and possibly the best Katie has made!

100 cases were produced.