Vieilles Vignes Blanc 2023 Domaine du Clos des Fées

Vieilles Vignes Blanc

樹齢100年が育てた、南仏白の頂点。

樹齢100年の古木から生まれる、グルナッシュ・ブラン主体の白。淡い色調に黄金色の輝きをたたえ、白桃やアーモンドの花、金雀児の花を思わせる繊細な香りが立ちます。口に含むと豊潤でリッチ、伸びのある酸が美しく調和し、フィニッシュには心地よい甘みの印象を残します。地中海らしいボリュームとフレッシュさを併せ持つ、実質辛口の仕上がり。フォアグラのポワレと。

Item code

23W061

Producer

Clos des Fées

Type

White

Region

Roussillon

Appellation

IGP Cote Catalan

Vintage

2023

Grape varieties

94% Grenache Blanc, 6% Grenache Gris

Volume

750ml

Serving temperature

10–12°C

Recommended glass

White wine glass (larger bowl)

Tasting note

Pale in color, with a golden sheen. Delicate aromas of white peach, almond blossom, and blooming jasmine flowers. Rich and opulent on the palate. A surprisingly pleasant sweet finish (effectively dry (less than 2g)). Very long finish and volume, fruity, fresh drinking feeling, A Mediterranean style, a unique wine that demonstrates the greatness of its varietal.

Food pairing

Pan-fried foie gras Veal court (loin on the bone) with morels Langoustines in lemongrass and ginger sauce

Winemaking & technical data

Cultivation
A Masaru Selection plot (3.5ha) made from 100-year-old vines.
Located in the Haupoul terroir, adjacent to Vinglou, on the edge of a national forest of over 1,000 hectares.
Located at an altitude of 300m, the soil is cool, clayey and limestone, and very stony.
The sea breeze or tramontane (the name of a strong northerly wind that blows from Languedoc to Roussillon)
A late-ripening plot that continues to blow for more than 250 days a year.
The Grenache Gris comes from old vines trained to Gobelis (a mix of Gris, Blanc and Noir).
They are harvested complementary.

Vinification
The harvest date was chosen to allow for the expression of fully ripe fruit while maintaining freshness and tension.
The grapes are hand-picked, sorted in the fields, and transported in refrigerated trucks. The chilled grapes are then left whole in bunches.
Gentle pneumatic pressing. Grenache Blanc is slowly fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, while Grenache Gris is fermented in five-times-used barrels with batonnage.
Aged on the lees for a total of 8 months. No malolactic fermentation. No fining.
Weakly filtered, very low SO2 (25mg/L at bottling).