Limoux Blanc – Haute Vallée
$1.00
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Producer | Toques et Clochers |
| Size | 750mL |
| Style | White |
| Practices | Sustainable |
| Grapes | Chardonnay |
| Other Features | Vegan |
100% Chardonnay from the highest, coolest limestone vineyards in Limoux. The AOC Limoux is located at the crossroads of major climatic influences. 20 years of research and development have revealed that Limoux was not a unique terroir, but four terroirs having each their personality. Indeed topographical situation, climate, soil and subsoil quality varies in each terroir, showing the diversity and the richness of the Limoux vineyard.
Located to the south, closer to the Pyrénées, the Haute Vallée has a cooler climate. Growing at around 400-500 meters high, this late-ripening Chardonnay is very floral and mineral, with a beautiful harmony between roundness and acidity. 90% of the juice comes from the pressing of whole bunches in a pneumatic press, and 10% results from a maceration (24 hours at 17°C). Indigenous yeasts. The wine is aged for nine months in light to medium toasted 225l oak barrels: 1/3 new, 1/3 one year old, and 1/3 two year old. Generous bouquet with notes of white flowers. Harmonious round palate, and aromatic complexity on the finish. 13% alcohol.
About the Producer
Limoux benefits from an exceptional situation in the Languedoc, symbolized by the Toques & Clochers gastronomy festival and auction, created in 1991 and sponsored by the Sieur d'Arques wine cooperative. It is hosted every year by a leading chef (a "toque”), and winemakers from all over the world are invited. The auction takes place on Palm Sunday, after a tasting held in the morning. The barrels are sold at prices that attest the quality of the wines and the widespread recognition of this unique AOC. A share of the proceeds is used to pay for the renovation of one of the forty bell towers ("clochers") of the appellation, giving back to the villages of the Upper Aude Valley their original character and architectural heritage.
The "Toques et Clochers” cuvées from Les Vignerons de Sieur d’Arques have consistently shown the quality of their terroir and growers. The coop has some 3800 plots on four specific terroirs: Méditerranéen, Autant, Océanique and Haute-Vallée, each of them giving birth to very distinctive wines.
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