Sauvignon blanc Grange Philippe 2019
VdP d'Oc, Grès St. Paul, 750 ml
| Grape variety: | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Producer: | Château Grès Saint-Paul / Fam. Servière |
| Origin: | France / Languedoc-Roussillon / Vins de Pays d'Oc |
Description
Pale golden yellow. Citrus nose of lemon and grapefruit. Fresh, with upfront exotic aromas and a mineral palate. A lovely summer wine.
Attributes
| Origin: | France / Languedoc-Roussillon / Vins de Pays d'Oc |
| Grape variety: | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Ripening potential: | 2 to 3 years |
| Drinking temperature: | 10 to 12 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Italian antipasti, Grilled fish, Asparagus specialities |
| Vinification: | short must fermentation, fermentation at low temperatures |
| Harvest: | hand-picking |
| Maturation: | in steel tank, on the yeast |
| Volume: | 14.0 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Sauvignon Blanc
The Sauvignon blanc can be recognized with your eyes closed. Its typical bouquet is marked by green notes: freshly cut grass, tomato bunches, gooseberry. Citrus fruits, cassis and flint join into the mix. In warmer latitudes it also shows exotic aromas, such as passion fruit. Its acidity is decidedly lively. In all likelihood, it comes from the Loire Valley, where it is vinified in Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre in its purest form: varietally, and without timber. In the 18th century, it found its way to Bordeaux. Ambitious producers assemble it there with Sémillon into substantial whites, which are aged in oak barrels. The Sauvignon blanc has been a sensational success in the past 20 years in New Zealand. With its refreshing sweet-and-sour style, winemakers from down under have conquered the world. The rich Sauvignons from Styria and crisp examples of South Tyrol and Friuli are worth mentioning as well. It pairs with anything from the sea. Or do it like they do on the Loire, and enjoy it with goat cheese.
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc and Roussillon: the wine-giant of the south
The largest contiguous wine region of France begins on the west bank of the Rhône River, stretching more than 240 kilometres to the west to Banyuls-sur-Mer, on the border with Spain. The area is an inexhaustible reservoir of corpulent wines from international varieties, but the top crus from this region come from various regional appellations, where long-established varieties such as Carignan and Grenache (red) and Picpoul and Bourboulenc (white) yield extraordinarily characterful wines.
France
France – Philosophy in a bottle
According to French philosophy, wine should be an expression of the soil and climate. They use the word “terroir” to describe this. Terroir makes every wine different, and many especially good. French wine is regarded worldwide as an expression of cultural perfection. The French believe that humans are responsible for the quality of the berries, the vine variety for their character, and nature for the quantity. This philosophy can be expressed succinctly as: “the truth is the vineyard, not the man.”
