L’Esprit du Temps is a cuvée of pure Grenache from two sites of old-vines on schist and limestone soils near the villages of Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet and Latour de France – both within the historic borders of Maury.

This Cuvée, however, is a far cry from those rich, fortified, and fabled dessert wines, as it shows the deft vineyard and cellar work of Gilles. He captures the intensity of the terroir while coxing an elegant and nuanced aspect of these ancient Grenache vines.

Farmed biodynamically and harvested by hand, Gilles ferments L’Esprit du Temps in a concrete tank with indigenous yeasts before aging the wine in a single 600L neutral French oak demi-muid or a slightly larger Stockinger foudre – depending on the volume of the vintage.