La Nuit Blanche Cabernet Blanc 2020
Vin de France
An exciting, innovative white from southern France. Brothers François and Vincent Pugibet fell in love with the Cabernet Blanc grape and planted it. White skins, white flesh, the grape has produced gorgeous creamy apricot fruit and lovely freshness.
Wine Details
- White - Dry
France- Pale gold
- Cabernet Blanc
- 9.38 Units
- 12.5% ABV
- 31 December 2023
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Ripe stone fruits with a good grip of mineral freshness
Aroma
Ripe exotic white fruit, melon and lemon
The Wine
Southern French Buyer Mark Hoddy is always on the look out for something new to dazzle your taste buds. He discovered the Pugibet brothers, François and Vincent, growing a few rows of Cabernet Blanc at their 19th century family estate in the Languedoc. They had been working with Swiss and German ampelographers to trial this variety. Making white wine from red grapes is always tricky because of the colour, so they had cultivated a Cabernet variety with white skins and white flesh. It's a real hit – lending an opulent texture to the wine, as well as appealing, bright apricot and apple fruit with underlying mineral freshness. Lees aged, it has a lovely creaminess too. Gently chill and serve on its own or with chicken, salmon or noodles.
"Right up my street. At 14.5 abv could be described as a big white, lovely. Full flavour"
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