Argiles Blanches, Cairanne AOP
This limited release is rich, textural, refined
and oak aged white from Cairanne, where only 5% of wine production is white. Full of fresh aromas of fruit and flower aromatics mingle with the spicy and smokey notes from the barrels. On the palate it feels plump fresh and mineral, with spicy, smokey fruit.
Wine Story
Famed for its red wine, white wines have a long heritage in the southern Rhône valley, where the locals enjoy an occasional glass at the start of a warm evening.
The hand picked grapes come from trusted partner growers in Cairanne, with the Roussane plot being only 200 metres from our cellars. Once harvested the grapes are directly pressed and clarified by cold tank. 100% of the clear juice is pumped into 300 and 400 litre oak barrels which are a mixture of new and four year old wood for fermentation. These have been carefully selected to create texture and intensify the natural character of the wine rather than to impose overt fresh oak. The wine is aged in barrel for 6 months before filtration and bottling at Domaine Boutinot.
Fiche Technique
Blend
Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Clairette
Closure
Natural Cork
Vineyard
The hand picked grapes come from trusted partner growers in Cairanne, with the Roussane plot being only 200 metres from our cellars.
Winemaking
Once harvested the grapes are directly pressed and clarified by cold tank.. It is thenpumpedinto 300 and 400 litre oak barrels which are a mixture of new and four year old wood for fermentation.
Maturation
Mixture of new and old oak barrels for 6 months.