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La Révélation Chasan 2016

Cité de Carcassonne IGP

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  • Gold, Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, 2018
  • Gold, Concours des Vins Lyon, 2018

Le Chai prides itself on excitement and innovation in its winemaking. The team loves trying something new. Here’s a glorious double Gold medal Chasan from a few tiny rows of old vines in the Languedoc. Lifted floral aromas with creamy apricot notes.

Le Chai prides itself on excitement and innovation in its winemaking. The team loves trying something new. Here’s a glorious double Gold medal 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

La Révélation Chasan 2016

More information

  • 13.0% ABV
  • 9.75 Units
  • 750.00 ml
  • 31 December, 2020
  • Vegan

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.

"Almost white Burgundy in style with its creamy roundness and bright stone fruits. I’m delighted" Mark Hoddy
Le Chai Winemaker
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