Billet paysan #28 | Distillation

Peasant note #28 | Distillation

At a time of wine crisis, the word distillation might seem like a dirty word.

And yet...

From what I have been able to vinify, there is wine that did not deserve to be bottled.
Because the logic is simple: only bottle what I like and, above all, what I am able to sell.
This remainder represented very little (3000 L), and too little to interest the trade at a correct price.

So to give a second life to all this, I entrusted it to the distillery to sublimate it, to extract a pure eau de vie.

Then I crisscrossed the south in search of citrus fruits before manually zesting lemons and oranges with a peeler.

This is followed by a long maceration which is still in progress (see photo).

Soon, everything will be combined in a syrup in search of the best balance of sugar, alcohol and freshness.

Soon, you will be able to discover the taste of #Limoncello and #Arancello from Domaine Roquefeuille.

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