2024 Domaine Elodie Jaume Chateauneuf-du-Pape 'Cabrieres' Blanc, Rhone, France

$80.00

GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION: Plots located exclusively in the locality of Cabrières in the municipality of Orange.
AREA: 1.2 hectares.
GEOLOGY: Miocene Sand and Safre soils, northern slopes of the Cabrières plateau.
CULTURE: Organic Agriculture, certified by Ecocert and Biodynamic.
DEMETER CERTIFIED
GRAPE VARIETIES: Clairette 70% Grenache 30%
AGE OF THE VINES: 30 years for the youngest and 56 years for the oldest.
HARVEST & WINEMAKING: Hand-harvested into crates with sorting in the vineyard, followed by a second sorting on a sorting table. Direct pressing of whole bunches. Fermentation for 20 to 25 days in stainless steel tanks with temperature control on fine lees. Indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation in tank.
AGING: 7 months in concrete or stainless steel tanks. Bottled without fining or filtration.
PERSONALITY: Great white wines are all about texture, and no grape variety conveys the notion of delicacy sculpted on the great terroirs of the Southern Rhône better than Clairette. Here, it displays a chiseled and vibrant finesse, enhanced by a touch of Grenache Blanc that lends it body and depth. A gastronomic white wine for aging, combining freshness, complexity, and length.

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