LE BLANC DE BLANCS

ORGANIC WINE 2022

TERROIR

AOC Côtes de Provence.
The coastal land of Château Barbeyrolles is located in the Maures hills area, on the peninsula of Saint-Tropez. All twelve hectares have shaley soils dating back to the Paleozoïc era.

GRAPES

55% Semillon, 25% Ugni-Blanc, 24% Rolle.
Average age of the vines : 35 years old.

VINTAGE

After a dry and mild winter, the budbreak started at the beginning of April. Our vines did not suﬀer from frost this year. There were no spring rains either. The ﬂowering began on May 20th. The summer was marked by strong heat and persistent drought. The ﬁrst bunches of Syrah grapes ripened on July 20. The harvest began on August 18 and ended on September 9. The harvest was of good quality despite some losses due to the lack of water.

GROWING

The vineyards are worked by hand, using natural animal fertilizers and treating the soil with sulphur and copper only from 3 generations. We do not use any chemical weed killers. Buds are trimmed and a green harvest is practice to purposefully limit yields. A part of the vineyard is plowed with horses. The area between the rows of vines is grassed over with cereals.

WINEMAKING

All grapes are harvested by hand, sorted, not de-stemmed and directly loaded into the press without crushing. The grapes are lightly pressed so as to obtain optimum delicacy and fragrance from the very heart of the grapes. Wines ferment with indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel, gravity-fed cuves and it undergoes malolactic fermentation. Bottled at Château Barbeyrolles.

TASTING NOTES

Underneath its pale golden color with yellow-lemon hues, the nose shows a clean, ﬁne character. The ﬂavors are sweet, inviting, such as the ripe pear notes. As the wine breathes, a citrusy feeling comes along, reminding the exotic yuzu, as well as the cedrate. Some honey notes mix with zesty citrus, bringing up some subtle bitterness and lingering minerality on the ﬁnish. Enjoy it now, served with a John Dory ﬁlet, sorrel and citrus foamy sabayon. If cellared for 4-5 years on, one can taste it with some guinea fowl breast, roasted with herbs butter under the skin

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AWARDS

SILVER MEDAL
COMPLEX AROMA OF PRESERVED LIME, STRAW AND JELLY-BABY. THE PALATE HAS EXCELLENT TEXTURE, WITH NOTES OF ANGELICA, LIME, SCRUB HERBS, VANILLA CREAM AND TOAST ON THE FINISH.
VERY GOOD INDEED.

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022

SCORE: 92/100