{"id":10321,"date":"2016-02-08T10:09:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T09:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=10321"},"modified":"2020-01-27T00:41:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T23:41:14","slug":"vin-tahiti-rangiroa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/vin-tahiti-rangiroa-20160208\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know coral wine?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before disembarking at Rangiroa to dive, in october 2012<\/a>I didn't even know they produced... wine ! It seems incredible, but yes, we grow vines in the middle of the Pacific, in the Tuamotu archipelago in Polynesia.<\/p>\n

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Vines between ocean and lagoon<\/h2>\n
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This is where vines grow, on this coral islet of Rangiroa (Photo: \u00a9 \u00a9) VindeTahiti.com<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It happens on a motu (coral islet) of the immense atoll of Rangiroa. Between the lagoon and the ocean, the rows of vines of the \"Vin de Tahiti - Domaine Dominique Auroy\" stretch out.<\/p>\n

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The coral white I tasted during my 2012 Polynesian trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The coral soil is enriched by natural compost (crushed algae and shoots). Papaya and tiare protect the vineyard from the spray.<\/p>\n

At the rate of two harvests a year, these vines give three whites (closed reef, white coral and white fluffy) and a ros\u00e9 (pink nacarat).<\/p>\n

During my 2012 trip, I unfortunately did not have time to visit the vineyard, but I tasted the coral white (2011 southern vintage), at cocktail hour, facing the lagoon of Moorea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is a soft wine with a beautiful golden color, I remember the fruity and mineral notes. \"A blend of Italia and Hamburg muscatel grapes\",<\/em> specifies the website of the domain (www.vindetahiti.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I am not a specialist by any means, but I found it very good! I guess I enjoyed it even more because I was under the coconut trees, in an enchanting setting. I obviously recommend tasting it (in moderation) in these ideal conditions... \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

A crazy bet<\/h2>\n

I researched this amazing vineyard project. It was conceived in the 1990s by businessman Dominique Auroy. \"I think I made wine as a provocation at first.\"<\/em> he writes in his book Tahitian wine<\/em>. Passion then caught up with him, he says.<\/p>\n