{"title":"Les Frères Soulier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-token-index=\"0\" class=\"notion-enable-hover\"\u003eLangudoc-Rousillon, France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrothers Charles and Guillaume took over their father’s Gard domain in 2014, and put out their first wines the next year under the now highly sought-after name, Les Frères Soulier. With backgrounds in landscaping and the study of Viticulture and Enology at the agronomic school of Montpellier, respectively, Guillaume tends to the vineyards and Charles has his finger on the pulse of their cellar. Their ten hectares in this area of the Langudoc-Rousillon traverse sand, red clay and limestone soils, and are planted mainly to regional red staples like grenache and syrah, but also include replantings of their favourite forgotten local varieties like picardan, terret noir and counoise. Charles was heavily influenced by the Japanese farmer and philosopher, Masanobu Fukuoka, whose books introduced him to permaculture and changed how he wanted to engage in farming. Their vineyard philosophy is gentle stewardship, and includes a very old wooden basket press, horse ploughing, as well as goats and sheep that help control the weed population by snacking on them! In the cellar they work in a zero-zero fashion at every opportunity and experiment with not topping up their barrels for intentional encouragement of pre-developed flor. These scrumptiously southern wines are concentrated, alive \u0026amp; worth every ounce of your attention. We are so pleased to welcome these brothers to the GW family!\u003c!-- notionvc: f4444db2-fdcd-494e-806f-26b346d8b783 --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"les-freres-soulier-car","title":"‘Cartagène’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-token-index=\"0\" class=\"notion-enable-hover\"\u003eGrenache Noir, Langudoc-Rousillon, France\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA warmly spiced, wondrous and balanced vin de liqueur in Ontario for the very first time! Brothers Charles and Guillaume took over their father’s Gard domain in 2014 and released their first vintage together the following year under the now sought-after name, Les Frères Soulier. Their ten hectares in this area of the Langudoc-Rousillon traverse sand, red clay and limestone soils, and are planted mainly to regional red staples like grenache and syrah. The 50-year-old grenache noir was direct pressed and left in barrels for 12 months before being bottled and aged for an additional 12 months to fully concentrate its power. The recipe here includes 75% grenache noir wine, fortified by adding 25% alcohol distilled from their own wine! FUN FACT! Cartagene means vin de liqueur in Languedoc, which is also called macvin in Jura \u0026amp; ratafia in in Champagne! A melding of gingerbread house and sugar cookies, perky acid spikes up like a startled porcupine, a little bread-y, a little chocolate-y, fresh honeycomb slice \u0026amp; a brown butter drizzle. Enjoy before a hefty meal, with a chill and out of tiny crystal glasses. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Frères Soulier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051671437490,"sku":"WINE-GWI-LES-FRERES-SOULIER-CARTAGENE","price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/7396\/2930\/files\/04_07_2026_045.jpg?v=1776421714"},{"product_id":"les-freres-soulier-prime","title":"‘Prime’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-token-index=\"0\" class=\"notion-enable-hover\"\u003eCinsault \u0026amp; Clairette, Langudoc-Rousillon, France\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA concentrated, herbaceous and mineral red-white global ICON to drink on the first day of spring! Brand new from GW Imports, brothers Charles and Guillaume make scrumptiously southern wines from regional vines and gentle land stewardship. The pair were influenced by the Japanese farmer and philosopher, Masanobu Fukuoka, and from the vineyards to the cellar, low to no intervention is the name of the game. The ‘Prime’ blends aromatic, berried cinsault (50%) that saw five days of skin contact with direct pressed, tart, verdant white grape clairette (50%), which together were left for three months in tank and bottled young to CAPTURE the energy of the season with extreme and delectable urgency! FUN FACT! Charles and Guillaume shared that this vintage is a little more full bodied than normal and we are SO INTO IT! Overripe strawberries, black cherry fruit rollup, green herby bitters, a mouth-filling fluffy cloud texture, river minerality \u0026amp; blue ring pop. Drink while basking in a Friday night golden hour, IT’S #PRIMETIMEBABY! \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Frères Soulier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059241664690,"sku":"WINE-GWI-LES-FRERES-SOULIER-PRIME","price":54.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}]}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/7396\/2930\/collections\/Screenshot_2026-03-04_at_11.47.49_AM.png?v=1772642955","url":"https:\/\/grapewitches.com\/collections\/les-freres-soulier.oembed","provider":"Grape Witches","version":"1.0","type":"link"}