Tutti Frutti Ananas Drain Drain 2018

Drain Drain is a red wine based on 90% Grenache and 10% Syrah produced by Tutti Frutti Ananas in Collioure, in the Languedoc Roussillon. Most of the mass is whole bunch, spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts and maceration for a few days in open vats, followed by refinement for 7 months, and bottling without any type of addition, filtration or clarification. Fruity and fragrant on the nose, fresh and delicious on the palate. It is a gastronomic wine, with very low total sulfur content and perfect for wild boar

Producer: Tutti Frutti Ananas

Drain Drain

️ Collioure, Languedoc Roussillon

Tutti Frutti Pineapple

Grenache 90%, Syrah 10%

2018

️  13%

Red wine

From a collaboration between Manuel Di Vecchi and Dominique Derain, from grapes harvested on Joachim Roque’s estate in a rather cool valley with rather poor clay soil, typical of the Côte Vermeille. No mechanization possible so grass control is done by grazing animals (ponies and sheep). Viti at 350 meters above sea level with a steep slope, northern exposure, mountainous environment although only 2 km from the Mediterranean Sea. To maintain freshness, the vinification is done in vats with a portion of whole bunches and a portion of destemmed grapes. A week of fermentation ending in concrete tanks then maturation for 7 months on the lees.

The nose is intense and complex, deep and sanguine, Rose and Violet, then notes of blood orange, blueberry and tomato leaf. Slightly spicy.

Fresh, fruity and delicious mouthfeel, in balance with a soft and slightly tannic sip.

Serving temperature 16°-18°

Fettuccine with wild boar ragù

Very tasty and with a very low sulfur content of 5mg/l

Banyuls Sur Mer, Languedoc Roussillon

Tutti Frutti Ananas was born from a project that came to life in Banyuls-sur-Mer from the union of 3 visionary and reckless characters such as Manuel Di Vecchi (Vinyer de la Ruca), Josè Carvalho (La Cave des Nomades) and Joachim Roche (Domaine Carterole ).

Three creative winemakers who produce an average of 10/15 hl per hectare from their own vineyards and who were brought together by a stroke of luck, Joachim in fact inherited a vineyard in the bed of a dry river in Collioure which produces 35 hl per hectare, he follows the Tutti Frutti Ananas vineyards. Manuel Di Vecchio makes the wine and Zé (aka Josè Tafé), a multifaceted Portuguese musician, takes care of the commercial side.

True Vins de Soif mostly without sulfur or with 15 mg at bottling if necessary for drinking. Everything is listed on the label.