Vieilles Vignes, blanc

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Vieilles Vignes

The old vines (between 50 and 100 years old) produce an incredibly dense wine, almost tannic, but with an extraordinary freshness.

A few years in the cellar reveal all its aromatic potential. 

Notes :
  • Bettane + Desseauve 17/20
  • Parker 91/100
  • La Revue du Vin de France 17/ 20

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Wine characteristics

  • Vintage : Vieilles Vignes, blanc
  • Year : 2013
  • Appellation : Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes
  • Colour : White
  • Grape types : 40 % Macabeu, 30 % Grenache blanc, 15 % Chardonnay, 10 % Grenache gris, 5 % Carignan blanc
  • Soil : clay-chalk, loams and shale
  • Harvest : manual
  • Type of viticulture : organic
  • Alcohol content : 12,5%
  • Contenance : 75cl

Tasting - Cellaring

  • Appearance : golden
  • Nose : white flowers, honey, aniseed
  • Mouth : full, creamy and mineral
  • Serving temperature : 10-12°C
  • Cellaring : 7 to 10 years
  • Drink from : 2018
  • Winemaking process : fermentation with local yeasts
  • Maturation : 65% in casks, 35% in vats for 8 months

Food-matching

  • Food-matching : bass in fennel, grilled roasted lobster

Experts reviews :

  • Bettane + Desseauve

    Rated wine : 17/20

  • Parker

    Rated wine : 91/100

  • La Revue du Vin de France

    Rated wine : 17/ 20

Domain :

Gérard Gauby and his son run this 45-hectare estate. In an ongoing search for the perfect balance, they exploit the quintessence of the varied terroir of Calcé to create dense, sophisticated and light wines.

Appellation :

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This region is similar to neighbouring Languedoc in terms of climate, grape type and wines.

Just next door to Spain, Roussillon is full of stony terraces that are ideal for growing natural sweet wines (VDN), which is a particular feature of the vineyards.

There are also black shale, granite and clay-limestone soils.

The climate is a very sunny one, with low, poorly distributed rainfall.

There are 7,300 hectares of vineyards, producing 900,000 hl of wine.

Natural sweet wines (Banyuls, Maury, Rivesaltes) have for a long time been representative of the region’s wines. Today, though, with the modernisation of facilities, the diversification of grape types and new winemaking techniques, there is more production of quality dry wines.

The main grape types are identical to those in Languedoc: for reds, black carignan, syrah, mourvèdre and black grenache. For whites, marsanne, roussanne, vermentino, muscat à petits grains, malvoisie, macabeu, white grenache and grey grenache.

Recent vintages

  • 2011: a fine year, with balanced, fragranced reds and dry whites with freshness and acidity.
  • 2012: because of the low yields, the reds are complex, deep and voluptuous. The dry whites are fresh and taut. As for the VDN, these are crisp, intense and very balanced.
  • 2013: magnificent, very fruity white wines. Reds full of flavour and svelte thanks to the lower alcohol content.
  • 2014: a great vintage, fresh and late, charcterised by finesse and freshness. The whites are balanced and very aromatic, while the reds are mature and fine with a great intensity of fruit.

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