Villa Blanche
Crystalline and bright with greenish highlights. Incredibly expressive nose offering citrus fruit, aniseed and mint followed by riper, lightly smoky aromas evolving to floral notes. The palate is clean, smooth and fruity with good tension, combining complexity and freshness in a most pleasing manner. An elegant, original wine of superb aromatic complexity. An original expression of Sauvignon Blanc.
Technical sheet
Appellation
IGP Pays d'Oc
Vintage
2017
Varieties
100% Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol
12.% alc. /vol
Terroir
Vineyards growing in three parts of the Languedoc wine region: Mediterranean, Oceanic and Pyrenean terroirs. Clay-limestone and gravelly soils. This gives our Sauvignon Blanc a more complex balance.
Vinification
The grapes are picked at night, in two passes. The first harvest is done at a relatively early stage in maturity, to keep freshness in the wine. Then 15 days later a second harvest is done, to get good concentration and varietal aromas. Grapes are destemmed and then macerated at 5°C for 2 hours. Fermentation is termpature-controlled 14°C (no malolactic fermentation).
Ageing
15% matured in new oak barrels for 3 months.
85% matured for 3 months on fine lees in stainless steel vats.
Recognition and awards
- IWC 2018 Commended
- Decanter WWA 2018 Bronze
- Guide Hachette 2019 - page 755 2* : ... Ce Sauvignon s'est placé sur les rangs pour un Coups de Coeur ! ... intensément aromatique ! Read article
- Jancis Robinson 08/03/2018 16/20 Barley - sugar and lemons on the palate with a smudge of grassiness ... Read article
Geographical location
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