108 Rouge 2021

The 2021 edition of 108 Rouge uses younger vines than usual, and this time Carignan with a splash of Mourvedre, aged raised for 11 months with half of the wine in clay amphora and half in stainless steel. This is very much a southern wine, the fruit is pure, dense, even lush, with grainy tannins and broad mouthfeel. Zero additions. Pure wine.

Paul Old is an ex-ballet dancer and expat Australian who has been making wine in the Corbière region, as Le Clos Perdus, since 2003. Becoming increasingly drawn to natural wine, he began 108 is his workshop-style project exploring zero-additions winemaking and has never looked back.