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La Révélation Chasan 2018
Cité de Carcassonne IGP
Le Chai prides itself on excitement and innovation in its winemaking. The team loves trying something new. Here’s a glorious white using rare Chasan from a few tiny rows of old vines in the Languedoc. Lifted floral aromas with creamy apricot notes.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Creamy weight with ripe apricot and pear and a floral note
Aroma
Creamy apricot and lifted honeysuckle and citrus
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
Winemakers at Le Chai Mark Hoddy and Jean-Marc Sauboua have been hugely excited about this wine ever since they spotted some old vines of Chasan at an estate in the Languedoc. They tasted the berries, chatted with the owner, then swooped, buying the small parcel and transporting the juice up to Le Chai for the gentlest of TLC treatment. You see, it’s not often you come across the Chasan grape. It used to be dismissed as dull, but just taste this dazzling beauty. 30 year old vines, low yields and expert winemaking have given the wine luscious breadth and viscosity, with a creamy underlay from a few months’ ageing on its lees. This is a limited, first release white. Lovely solo and a fine match with creamy sauced white meats, fish or pasta.
For the 2016 vintage
