Sense Pressa

Marius Long hails from a family of restaurateurs in Paris, where his love for wine was born. He completed a degree in oenology at the University of Beaune before putting his talents to practice, working at vineyards in Burgundy, Sancerre, Latour de France, and finally Hautes Corbières - a dramatic wine growing region tucked between the foothills of the Pyrenées and the Mediterranean. Before establishing his own domaine in the region, Marius gained valuable local experience with stints at the well-regarded Domaine de Mena and at the now legendary Mazière. He now farms his own small plots around the villages of Padern and Cucugnan, much like his ancestral predecessors who long worked the vertiginous hills in the area before industrial viticulture more recently brought wine growing into the flatter valley areas. He works almost exclusively with red varieties: Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, and Cinsault, producing pure and energetic zero/zero cuvées without any additions. He maintains a small cellar in the basement of his home and another in an old farming shed nearby. Total production usually measures under 10,000 bottles making this small domaine one to buy when you see it!

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Wines

  • Buisson Rouge 2023

    Appellation: Vin de France
    Region: Languedoc
    Variety: Carignan
    Soils: Limestone
    Farming: Organic
    Vinification: Full clusters of carignan are macerated for four days after a foot press. This yields a wine that showcases lots of finesse, purity of fruit, florality, and spice almost in the style of syrah according to Marius. One of his best wines of 2023 in his opinion!
    Fining: none
    Filtration: none
    Sulfitage: none

  • Rumba 2023

    Appellation: Vin de France
    Region: Languedoc
    Variety: Grenache, carignan
    Soils: Limestone
    Farming: Organic
    Vinification: Some juice from a press of carignan is added to de-stemmed grenache over the course of fermentation then, élevage in demi-muid before bottling. Fining: none
    Filtration: none
    Sulfitage: none

  • Kunik 2023

    Appellation: Vin de France
    Region: Languedoc
    Variety: Cinsault, grenache, carignan, some white varieties
    Soils: Limestone
    Farming: Organic
    Vinification: Whole cluster cinsault is infused in a bath of direct press grenache and carignan yielding a very light red, almost rosé-ish type wine. Fining: none
    Filtration: none
    Sulfitage: none

  • Tripelette 2023

    Appellation: Vin de France
    Region: Languedoc
    Variety: Grenache, carignan
    Soil: Limestone
    Farming: Organic
    Vinification: Whole cluster grenache is blended with a portion of shortly macerated carignan. Élevage on the gross lees.
    Fining: none
    Filtration: none
    Sulfitage: none

  • Cha Cha Cha 2023

    Appellation: Vin de France
    Region: Languedoc
    Variety: Syrah, grenache
    Soils: Limestone
    Farming: Organic
    Vinification: A wine composed mostly of syrah blended with a portion grenache
    Fining: none
    Filtration: none
    Sulfitage: none