Roussillon
Vieilles Vignes Blanc - 2017 - Lionel Gauby
Domaine Gauby
A nose with citrus and mineral notes, acacia blossom and aniseed... The palate is balanced and very fresh, with beautiful intensity and a saline finish.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Organic wine
- Appellation
- Côtes catalanes IGP
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
A blend of a multitude of grape varieties, notably Macabeu and Grenache Gris, grown on a terroir of schist and limestone marl. The vines are between 60 and 110 years old and farmed organically. Yield: 18 hl/ha. Traditional vinification: manual harvesting, delicate pressing, and indigenous yeasts. Maturation: 9 months, 20% in new demi-muid barrels and 80% in old casks. Bottled by gravity, without fining or filtration.
Lionel Gauby
Lionel Gauby is son of the great Gérard, Lord of Catalonia. Since the 1980s, this family has been on the same quest: making complex, perfectly balanced wines. As a winemaker, Gérard was implacable, waking up each day to question what he had done the day before. The style of wines at the estate never stopped evolving for 30 years. Lionel and Gérard produce wines at once complex and...
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