Plan Pegau + – Technical Notes

Laurence Feraud, with help from family & friends, juggles more wine projects than I can imagine.

Plan Pegau

Changes with every bottling. Lot #2004 is about 55% Grenache, 25% Carignan, 15% Syrah, 5% other. About 15% of the wine is declassified 2002 Domaine du Pegau Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Half comes from vineyards near Nimes. The remainder comes from vineyards owned by Pegau near Chateauneuf. The wine was aged 6 months in barrels that were old when your great-grandmother was young (see photo below). Production is about 4000 cases a year and cannot be increased.

Plume Bleue

This is a Vin de Pays from the Nimes district, selected and blended by Laurence Feraud. Most of the wine comes from her husband Mark Fincham’s Costieres de Nimes vineyard. Some comes from other growers who bring grapes to the Cooperative cellar in Generac where Mark Fincham makes his wine. The blend is 50/50 Syrah/Grenache. The wine is not aged in oak. Production is about 5000 cases a year and can be expanded.

Feraud - Brunel

This is a joint venture between Laurence and Andre Brunel, with Laurence’s husband Mark Fincham closely involved. HPS brings in three of the wines, Cotes du Rhone - Villages, Vacqueyras and Gigondas, all on an exclusive basis. The Villages comes from several growers and the blend changes annually. The ’03 is 75% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 5% other. Production is 5000 cases with 1500 coming to the U.S.

The Vacqueyras and Gigondas are single Estate wines. The Vacqueyras is 65% Grenache, 32% Syrah, 3% Mourvedre from 50 year old vines, aged 10 months in large oak barrels. There are 1000 cases a year, 3 - 400 imported to the U.S. The Gigondas is 80% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, from 70 year old vines, no oak. There are 1500 cases a year with 500 coming to the U.S.

Red Note

This is Mark Fincham’s own wine from his Costieres de Nimes Estate. The blend is 75% Syrah, 25% Grenache. The Syrah is aged 10 months in small old French oak, the Grenache is tank aged. Production in the first vintage (2003) was 1500 cases, with 300 imported to the U.S. Nice notes on this from both WA and WS.