PAPILLON BLANC 2022
Appellation: PGI CÔTES CATALANES
Grape Varieties: 45% Macabeu, 35% Grenache gris, 20% Grenache blanc
Terroir: clay limestone soils with a diversity of exposures. Macabeu vineyard was planted in 1907! vines are co-planted and the harvest takes place over the entire plot in one time.
Yield: 30 hl / ha
Alcohol: 14.5%
Winemaking: Juices are fermented separately, some in stainless stell, some in 500l French old oak barrels.
Aging: 20% is aged for 6 months in 500l non new oak barrels to preserve terroir expression, the rest in stainless steel.
Notes: The wine offers a complex aromatic palette between candied lemon and white-fleshed fruits, fine notes of white flowers mixed with the energy of the surrounding scrubland. This varietal power is mixed with the fine toastedness of the wood aging, and brings the subtle oxidative notes which contribute to the identity and complexity of this gloss white blend.
The wine is rich, delicious, and balanced by an integrated acidity, salinity and the minty freshness of its long finish.
ORAGE 2022
Appellation: VIN DE FRANCE – ORANGE WINE
Grape Variety: 100% Muscat petits grains
Terroir: clay limestone soils with a diversity of exposures. Old vines, some of them are more than a century old.
Yield: 30 hl / ha
Alcohol: 14%
Winemaking: 14 days skin maceration to extract colour, polyphenols, and axtraordinary aromatics from the Muscat variety. Thermoregulated stainless steel tanks are used.
Aging: 6 months in stainless steel vats to preserve fresh and fruity aromas.
Notes: A true gastronomic wine, where the aromatic palette shifts from citrus fruits to yellow-fleshed and exotic fruits, with intense floral notes, and graphite minerality that extends its minty finish.
Certainly one of the greatest maceration wines from the south of France.