Have you heard of our new technique for ageing wine : the Vinarium® ?

Xavier’s strong desire to explore and create has led him to devise new methods of vinification and ageing. The Vinarium® is a unique receptacle created by Xavier and his team. This innovation is the culmination of several years of experimentation in a quest for the ultimate purity of wine.

The result is a 7000 litre container, made of oak and stainless steel and designed to hold within it five barrels, each with a 200 litre capacity. This receptacle provides the wines held within it with a unique ageing environment, free from all external influences, with 100% humidity and not a trace of oxygen.

Thanks to the Vinarium®, Xavier Vignon is able to fully preserve the aromas of the fruit in his creations.

   

Why age a wine in wine ?

Have you ever hear of bottles of wine being aged beneath the sea? There are many incredible tales of wine bottles discovered intact near to shipwrecks in the depths of the sea which, when tasted, attest to the advantages of a liquid environment. This was what inspired us to create the Vinarium®.

The idea was to devise a similar method, to be used during the stages prior to the wine’s bottling. Adaptation was the byword in the creation process owing to the impossibility to use seawater, or even soft water, due to problems relating to conservation (rust, mould, etc.). WINE was therefore chosen as the liquid to be used.

In the context of global warming, with the grapes we harvest having less and less need for oxidative barrel ageing, the Vinarium® is THE solution. We are leaving time to its own devices.

We have used the Vinarium® on several occasions in recent years to complement the ageing of some of our Arcanes (le Pape, l'Hermite) and also l'ESPRIT FRANÇAIS .

Learn more about the Vinarium® ageing process in this vidéo !