Tasting Notes
This is a sparkling orange wine made by the Causse Marines team following a trip to Tasmania where we introduced them to the sparkling orange wine called Vej from Emilia Romagna. Patrice and Virginie became entranced with this wine and were determined to return to Gaillac and create their own version of this style ‚– and hence Oranginal was born. It is made from a blend of sweet juice from pressing the must of Mauzac Blanc and Mauzac Rose that had been macerated for three weeks. The wine was then bottled and the fermentation kicked in from the sugar in the must. - Importer Note
Domaine de Causse Marines is the domaine of Virginie Maignien and Patrice Lescarret who live in the tiny village of Vieille just outside Gaillac where they make beautiful wines using grapes that are indigenous to the region.
If you look at wine lists from any of the top wine bars from The Ten Bells in New York to Coinstot Vino the trendy cave-à-manger in the lovely Passage des Panoramas in Paris you will find the wines of Virginie and Patrice. The instantly recognisable and humorous wine labels with their irreverent, but obscure, jibes at French bureaucracy may give the impression that they are a jovial lot at Causse Marines ‚– and they are! However, they are also very serious wine makers who are committed to restoring the Gaillac region to its former glory.
Their vineyards fall within the appellation of Gaillac which lies a short drive north of the south-west city of Toulouse. The vineyards are tended biodynamically with no pesticides or fungicides or artificial fertilizers used.
They make their wines naturally and have a wide range of unusual grape varieties to call on including Ondenc, Loin-de-l'Oeil, Braucol, Duras and Mauzac. They are part of a group of local vignerons who are trying to restore the ancient grape varieties that made the Gaillac wines famous throughout Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- Importer Note
| Product Type | Wine Sparkling Imported Non Champagne |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | France |
| Region | South West France |
| Winemaking Practices | Natural |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |