Languedoc Domaine de Montcalmès Frédéric Pourtalié 2020
13.5%
0.75L
Intensity
Frédéric Pourtalié demonstrates that his talent isn't limited to red wines. This elegant and very moreish white is absolutely superb. Enjoy it with food or on its own.
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Languedoc Domaine de Montcalmès Frédéric Pourtalié 2020
The wine
The grapes are aged in oak barrels and second or third-fill demi-muids for 24 months. Six months before bottling, they are then blended in barriques and demi-muids. The nose is both elegant and moreish and the palate is superb – both clean and flavoursome with a pleasing mineral finish.
About the Producer Domaine de Montcalmès
In 1998, Frédéric Pourtalié left his local co-operative to found Domaine de Montcalmès. He had already studied under the most demanding of producers: Alain Graillot at Crozes-Hermitage and Olivier Jullien (Mas Jullien) and Laurent Vaillé at La Grange des Pères. To explain, Montcalmès, La Grange des Pères and Mas de Daumas Gassac are all sited around the village of Aniane in the Terrasses du Larzac – an enormous terroir whose profile these three domains have succeeded in raising. Located some thirty kilometres north-west of Montpelier, the operation covers 22 hectares of Terrasses du Larzac-appellation vines. The wines of Montcalmès have grown continually in precision and balance, and are now ranked among the finest wines of the Languedoc.
Detailed characteristics
Quantity: 1 bottle
Level: 1 NormalObservation: 1 Marginally damaged labelOrigin: private individual
Type of cellar: underground, natural cellar
Recoverable VAT: no
Original wooden case / Original case: no
French customs seal: yes
Alcohol percentage: 13.5 %
Region: Languedoc
Appellation: Languedoc
Owner: Frédéric Pourtalié
Vintage: 2020
Colour: white
Service temperature: 11°
Intensity: rich
Leading aroma: yellow fruit
Tasting occasion: food-friendly wine