27/01/2026
We have the 2021, 2022, and 2023 vintages of Paul Old’s Project 108 Rouge currently available online. Paul is an ex-ballet dancer and expat Australian who has been making wine in the Corbières region, as Le Clos Perdus, since 2003. Becoming increasingly drawn to natural wine, he began 108 as his workshop-style project exploring zero-additions winemaking and has never looked back. In the cellar, the rule is: “leave it”. An evolving experiment, the choice of grapes, vessels, maceration times, and ageing can change each year, but the idea remains the same: hard work and attention in the vineyard, nothing adding in the cellar, doing as little as possible for the best possible result. It’s always a pleasure to receive these wines and see what he’s been up to.
Project 108 (Paul Old) - Languedoc, FR
108 Rouge 2021
Carignan / Mourvedre
The 2021 edition of 108 Rouge uses younger vines than usual, and this time Carignan with a splash of Mourvèdre, aged raised for 11 months with half of the wine in clay amphora and half in stainless steel. This is very much a southern wine, the fruit is pure, dense, even lush, with grainy tannins and broad mouthfeel. Zero additions. Pure wine.
