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Quite by chance, during these tastings, after we had made the blends of wines, we would collect the rest in a common vessel, which we non-committally called the \"common copper\". Strange as it may be, it turned out that this \"collective wine\" was the best we had ever received. This is where my idea to create a wine came from - a collective product of the red varieties that I vinify. And here we are, with the 2019 harvest, during which - to my luck and happiness - there were wonderful conditions for growing wonderful grapes from all our red varieties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003eI managed to make quite good wines from each variety and blend them according to my vision. They aged for 2 years in selected French barrels. 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