Vieilles Vignes
24,00€
Vintage: 2021
Grape Varieties: 70% clairette (60+ years), roussanne, viognier
Vinification: in Burgundy barrels with an aging “sur lies” (on lees) for 11 months and lees stirring (bâtonnage)
Harvest: manual
Colour: brilliant deep golden colour.
Bouquet: expressive, floral aromas as well as aromas of roasted almonds and verbena.
Palate: opulent with an explosion of the fruity aromas of pears, pineapple and roasted almond. In the middle of the palate, the wine develops its balance, smoothness and great concentration. The finish is incredibly long and marked by the persistence of the fruit and a bit of a tangy freshness.
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Description
Grape Varieties: 70% clairette (60+ years), roussanne, viognier
Terroir: sandy slopes (Miocene sandstone) of the Cazaux facing South-East
Vinification: in Burgundy barrels with an aging “sur lies” (on lees) for 11 months and lees stirring (bâtonnage)
Havest: manual
Yield: 30 hl/ha
Vintage: 2021
This wine is from the oldest white vines of the estate. They were planted by our grandfather after the terrible winter of 1956. The harvest is manual, the sanitary condition is perfect, and each grape variety is harvested separately at its optimal maturity.
After a maceration of 8 hours, the grapes are very carefully pressed in a pneumatic press. After a light settling, the grape must is then transferred into Burgundy barrels. The temperature during fermentation is kept between 16 and 18 °C (61 to 64 °F) to favour the finesse of the aromas. After this follows the phase of maturation on lees with stirring of the lees, until the day before the next harvest.
Tasting
Colour: brilliant deep golden colour.
Bouquet: expressive, floral aromas as well as aromas of roasted almonds and verbena.
Palate: opulent with an explosion of the fruity aromas of pears, pineapple and roasted almond. In the middle of the palate, the wine develops its balance, smoothness and great concentration. The finish is incredibly long and marked by the persistence of the fruit and a bit of a tangy freshness.
Food pairing suggestions
Starters: fried foie gras with almonds, scallop aumônière with leaks.
Main courses: american style lobster tails, sweetbreads with ceps, fish cassolette, Bresse poultry with cream and truffle stuffing.
Cheeses: Comté (18 months), Vieille Mimolette, Époisses, Munster, Bleu de Bresse, Brillat savarin.
Serving temperature: 14 °C (57 °F)
Awards
AOP Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes White 2021
• Tasting video of Andreas Larsson, elected World’s Best Sommelier in 2007 – 90/100
Pale straw colour with a green hue. Youthful aromas offering some new oak and toast, white fleshed fruit lemongrass and white fleshed fruit notes. Rather ample palate – finely textured with fine extract a rounded acidity and generous young stone fruit notes, still some oak presence but balanced with a long and unctuous finish.
AOP Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes White 2020
• Vinalies Gold Medal 2022
AOP Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes clairette White 2018
• Vinalies Silver Medal 2022
AOP Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes White 2016
• Wine listed in the Guide Hachette des vins 2019
• Rated 92 by Joe Czerwinski for www.robertparker.com in June 2018
• Rated 92 by Josh Raynolds for VINOUS Magazine in April 2018
AOP Vacqueyras Vieilles Vignes White 2014
• Tasting video of Andreas Larsson, elected World's Best Sommelier in 2007