About 12 years ago, Svenolov Molin bought a winemaker’s house in a small village in the Languedoc. He came from the Swedish west coast, was a surgeon by profession, but had a great interest in farming. His interest in viticulture grew gradually when he began spending time with his neighbour Pierre-Louis, who is a fourth-generation winegrower. Sven was hooked and wanted to make his own wine.
His estate has now grown to 7 hectares, and he has studied wine and viticulture both in Sweden and in France. He use grenache, syrah and also carignan och piquepoul.
We have tasted two of Sven’s wines. Both are made from the grapes syrah and grenache, using carbonic maceration (fermentation of whole clusters under carbon dioxide), which, according to Sven, produces a more powerful and fruitier red wine. One of the wines is the press wine, and the other is the free-run wine. An interesting experiment that has resulted in two completely different wines.
La Vignasse 2022, Domaine Thérèse Rose
A full-bodied and powerful wine with lots of fruit, quite soft, and with a distinct warm sensation. La Vignasse is the press wine.
Chat Noir 2022, Domaine Thérèse Rose
A full-bodied wine with tannin structure and a slight, pleasant bitterness at the finish. Intense aromas of dark ripe berries. Chat Noir is the free-run wine.
