Chateau de France Blanc White Dry Wine 2015 750ml / Chateau de France

Tasting

Shiny, limpid golden color. Bee wax, honey, peach and apricot aromas. Strong palate with good balance in terms of fat and acidity. The spicy aromas reappear with peppery flavors that are rate for a white wine. Intense finish.

Food pairing: any grilled fish, dry goat cheese.

Terroir

Deep gravelly soil from the Pyrenees, sometimes on a chalkyclay subsoil

Grape Varieties

80% Sauvignon, 20% Sémillon

Rootstock

3309 C / FERCAL / SO4 / 5BB / 101-14

Plantation density

6.950 rootstocks per hectare

Pruning

Double Guyot

Harvest

Handpicked

Winemaking

7 to 10 days of alcoholic fermentation in barrels

Temperature control

Fermentation temperature: 20-25 °C max

Maturing

News Barrels (40%) and one wine during 8 to 9 months

Stirring once per week, and at the end every 15 days.