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Cistus shows its ambition with partial ageing in casks.
This is seen in the nose with notes of fennel and liquorice, and in the mouth by its richness and round finish with a touch of vanilla.
A wine made for the table.
Notes :- Hachette 1
Wine characteristics
- Vintage : Cistus
- Year : 2015
- Appellation : Faugères
- Colour : White
- Grape types : 60 % Roussane, 20 % Grenache blanc, 10 % Vermentino, 10 % Bourboulenc
- Soil : shale
- Harvest : manual
- Type of viticulture : organic
- Contenance : 75cl
Tasting - Cellaring
- Appearance : straw
- Nose : white fruit, fennel
- Mouth : round and rich
- Serving temperature : 10-12°C
- Cellaring : 5 to 7 years
- Drink from : 2017
- Winemaking process : partly in vats and partly in casks
- Maturation : 6 months on lees in vats and casks (20%)
Food-matching
- Food-matching : flamed shrimps with Pastis
Experts reviews :
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Rated wine : 1
Domain :
On 60 hectares, the latest generation on this family estate juggle with 70 plots, the majority on shale, to offer a diversified range of wines that are now bio certifed. Anyone can find their pleasure... without breaking the bank.
Customer survey :
Note and opinion ofGeorges L Published on 2017-09-26 Belle robe brillante, pêches blanches, poire, en bouche du gras avec un beau volume, fraîcheur en finale - octobre 2017
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Appellation :
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This is the wine-growing area that has made the greatest progress in terms of quality over the past 30 to 40 years, morphing from coarse reds into a multitude of quality wines with very distinctive characteristics. For some time now, the whites have also kept pace with the reds.
There are 245,000 hectares of vineyards, producing 1,245,000 hl of wine, mainly reds.
The region is situated between the Massif Central, the Corbières and the Mediterranean, covering a wide range of ‘terroirs’ and appellations. There’s shale, sandstone, pebbles, limestone and alluvial deposits.
The climate is very much mediterranean, with hot summers and irregular and poorly distributed rainfall.
The grape types currently planted, apart from carignan, often date from after the Second World War, in line with the subsoil. This makes for complex, exciting wines.
Reflecting this dynamism, many of the vignerons produce wines that are non-AOC (vins de pays, table wines, etc.) as they keep on searching for quality and originality.
The Languedoc has 11 AOCs, the main ones of which are Coteaux du Languedoc, Saint-Chinian, Faugères, Minervois, Minervois-la-Livinière, Fitou, Corbières, Limoux and so on.
Recent vintages
- 2011: good year for whites, which are well-balanced and fresh. The reds are more even.
- 2012: the reds are mature and fresh, with lower alcohol content. The whites are fresh and fragrant.
- 2013: the finest vintage since 1998. The reds display freshness, quality tannins and fragrant finesse. The whites blend good balance with maturity and acidity.
- 2014: fresh, tender reds to be drunk young. Tonic, aromatic and fresh whites.