The grapes are picked by hand, pressed in whole bunches and the juice cools down for about 12-24 hours. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in French oak barrels, and some barrels might through partly malolactic fermentation too. No new oak is used. The wine matures in the same barrels for about 10 months and is then bottled without fining or filtering. The name "Le Fruit Défendu" is French for the forbidden fruit. This wine is an interesting mystery, somewhat forbidden, as the beautiful unique flower on the label. The label is designed by Finnish illustrator Jenna Kunnas.