90/100 WINE ADVOCATE - PARKER
16/20 JANCIS ROBINSONTASTING
Bright and slightly golden colour. Nose on hazelnut aromas, almond powder, citrus barks, candied ginger...
Ample mouth, without heaviness. Harmonious flow with a bounce of freshness in the finish.FOOD AND WINE PAIRING
You will savor this Vacqueyras white with celebration meals. This wine will be perfect with a lobster, crayfishes and scallop shell.
Castillon White, Vacqueyras, 2016
Varietals:
Grenache, Marsanne and Roussanne
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TERROIR
Stony calcareous-clayey soil, with a big proportion of round smooth pebbles.
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VINIFICATION
Grapes are harvested by hand in late-August, in the fresh morning then pressed as soon as they arrive in the cellar.
The alcoholic fermentation takes place at low temperature (15/17°C), the wine is intoned in barrels of 225 liters and 450 liters for a several-months maturing.
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