Mont Tauch Saint-Estève - Fitou AOP - Bag-in-Box 3 l

Located in the heart of Cathar country, near the village of Tuchan, on clay and limestone slopes, the vineyard is planted with noble grape varieties. The wine is made from the following grape varieties: Carignan, Grenache, and Syrah.

Color: brilliant ruby red
Nose: Fine and elegant notes of red fruits and spices.
Palate: round and full-bodied, with a fruity and lasting finish.
Recommendation: Ideal with red meat, game, and strong cheeses.

General information about our Bag-in-Boxes:

Hoses, Jugs, Amphorae

It was a long way from the luxury good of glass - as in antiquity - to today's mass product, soda-lime glass. This type of glass is used for making bottles, packaging, drinking glasses, and mirror or window glass (flat glass).
In earlier times, glass production was very expensive and unreliable. So wine, oil, beer, and other liquids were filled into jugs, amphorae, or leather wineskins. Only the techniques of glass blowing and glass pressing made it possible to produce bottles in large quantities.

However, glass bottles have serious disadvantages: They are fragile, heavy, require a relatively large amount of storage and shelf space, are difficult to seal (the old "cork problem") and even more difficult to reseal after opening, and their environmental footprint is not intoxicating even with consistent recycling.

Good Wine in New Skins

A Bag-in-Box packaging (literally "bag-in-box") consists of an inner plastic bag ("bag") for the liquid and an outer corrugated cardboard packaging ("box") that protects the bag from mechanical damage and light. The liquid is dispensed from the bag via a tap. The contents of the bag decrease without air entering the bag and without oxidation occurring.
The principle was invented in 1955 as a liquid container by William R. Scholle and was probably first used as wine packaging by an Australian winemaker in 1965, and has since become widespread, especially in Anglo-Saxon countries, Scandinavia, and the wine-producing country of France.

In New Zealand, Australia, or the USA, a considerable proportion of wine production is already sold in Bag-in-Box. In Scandinavia and Great Britain, in addition to wine, many fruit juices and dairy products are packaged this way. In Germany, it has so far been popular primarily with discounters selling wines from Southern Europe and for the export of renowned German wineries, but the "Bag-in-Box" is increasingly finding friends among us winemakers and connoisseurs.

Bag-in-Box Beats Glass

Bag-in-Box is more environmentally friendly, ecologically and economically more advantageous to produce, saves weight and volume during transport and storage (thus fuel during transport), and is easy and good to recycle - the bag in the yellow bin and the box in the paper bin. Production, use, filling, and recycling of the Bag-in-Box uses less material, thus about 80% less energy and less water than a glass bottle. All in all, the Bag-in-Box causes over 80% less CO2 emissions compared to the glass bottle.

In addition, due to the principle with the bag and tap, no air gets to the contents even after opening, so the wine remains enjoyable for at least 4 weeks after opening. There are no negative effects on the taste due to the plastic of the bag - furthermore, wine in the Bag-in-Box cannot cork.

However: Bag-in-Box is not suitable for long-term storage of wine. The Bag-in-Box with wine should not be stored for longer than two years. Therefore, we only offer ready-to-drink wines in the Bag-in-Box.