Details:
Producer: Sylvain Saux
Vintage: 2009, 2010
Variety: Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Mauzac
Country: France
Region: Roussillon
Terroir: Calcareous
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 13.5%
Description:
Incredibly enigmatic wines from the heart of Limoux, Sylvain's wines simply demand time in bottle to find harmony.
Beautifully farmed on calcareous soil, Sylvain's white wines see plenty of oxygen and this multi-vintage blend of chenin blanc, chardonnay and mauzac, now 16 years old, is resolved and crystalline and sits nicely in the realm of a young fino.
The core of direct, mid-palate acidity is striking and clearly soil derived, and a lip-smacking lick of salinity moves this directly into hot afternoon, plate of roasted and salted almonds territory.
Details:
Producer: Sylvain Saux
Vintage: 2009, 2010
Variety: Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Mauzac
Country: France
Region: Roussillon
Terroir: Calcareous
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 13.5%
Description:
Incredibly enigmatic wines from the heart of Limoux, Sylvain's wines simply demand time in bottle to find harmony.
Beautifully farmed on calcareous soil, Sylvain's white wines see plenty of oxygen and this multi-vintage blend of chenin blanc, chardonnay and mauzac, now 16 years old, is resolved and crystalline and sits nicely in the realm of a young fino.
The core of direct, mid-palate acidity is striking and clearly soil derived, and a lip-smacking lick of salinity moves this directly into hot afternoon, plate of roasted and salted almonds territory.
