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Le Masque Chenin Blanc 2016
Vin de France
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- Gold, Guide des Vins Gilbert et Gaillard, 2017
Chenin Blanc is well known in the Loire, but just taste how good it is grown in the high hills of the Languedoc’s Limoux region. A cool climate ensures slow ripening to bring out the intense citrus and apple fruit with a brilliant edge of minerality.
Chenin Blanc is well known in the Loire, but just taste how good it is grown in the high hills of the Languedoc’s Limoux region. A cool climate ensures slow ripening to bring out the intense citrus and apple fruit with a brilliant edge of minerality.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Bright, crisp, refreshing. Lemony vitality and mineral hints
Aroma
Lemon, honeyed, candied fruit and stony minerality
More information
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White - Dry
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Pale straw
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12.5% ABV
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9.38 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 December, 2019
Le Chai winemaker Mark Hoddy adores the Loire’s noble Chenin Blanc grape. He also loves the exciting wines of the Languedoc. So, when it was decided to make a special Chenin Blanc, true to the rebellious nature of Le Chai, he sourced the grapes from the south of France, rather than where you might expect. In fact, there’s more logic to it than that. In the Loire, this variety produces terrific whites – from Anjou to Savennières – but it’s also native to the cool, high altitude Limoux. Mark is good friends with growers there, and in 2016 he teamed up again with Bruno Bouche, who has some remarkable Limoux vineyards. Vinified in the cool Le Chai cellar in the special egg-shaped fermenter, this is a vibrant, lemony white. Serve with fish pie.
For the 2015 vintage
