CUVÉE « CLOS DU BELVEDERE » WHITE 2021 – AOC CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE

Description

Grape variety
100% GRENACHE BLANC

Terroir
This cuvée comes from our best plot of white Grenache on a soil of river stones and red clay located on one of the high points of the plateau of Chateauneuf-du-pape.

Harvest
After waiting for the optimum ripeness, the grapes were harvested manually on august 25, 2021.

Vinification
The grapes are picked by hand, early in the morning to keep the freshness, sorted and packed in a way to limit the crushing. The bunches are pressed gently in a pneumatic press. The musts are selected, then sent to the stainless steel tank. After settling in the cold, the Grenaches are filled in barrels for the alcoholic fermentation.

Aging
Maturing 9 months in barrels of 500l . (100% of the total volume in barrels).

Tasting
Pale gold crystal with green highlights. The nose is extremely rich: grapefruit and rifle stone at the beginning it evolves towards aromas of stone fruits. In the mouth, the attack is lemon and then the fat takes over and coats the papillae, to return to the final on the mineral notes that give it a nice length. To be drunk for more than 10 years, at 12 ° C.