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Domaine Chiroulet - La Côte d'Heux 2020

Domaine Chiroulet - La Côte d'Heux 2020

14/20

Bettane & Desseauve

(Notes from the 2017 vintage)
Bourbon Manseng
flexible ring
intensity

With its beautiful clear, bright color, La Côte d’Heux is an intense white wine with a fruity profile reminiscent of exotic fruits such as mango. Complexity, character, and richness dominate on the palate, resulting in a powerful and expressive wine. Pair it with roast free-range chicken, for example.

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Estate

Domaine Chiroulet

Vintage

La Côte d'Heux

Vintage

2020

Designation

IGP Côtes de Gascogne

Region

Southwest

Grape varieties

100% Gros Manseng

Terroirs

Brown, fine, deep clay soils on limestone bedrock on the south coast

Viticulture

Reasoned

Grape harvest

Overripe

Wine making

Direct pressing of old vines, skin maceration for 6-8 hours for young vines, static settling without enzymes, fermentation in wooden vats, very slowly, sometimes taking over a month, at 18-20°C.

Livestock farming

Half in 30- to 55-hl oak vats and half in cement vats, with weekly bâtonnage for two months.

Alcohol content

13.5%

Residual sugars

3.5 g/L

Nose

Very aromatic, with subtle spicy wood notes

Mouth

Yellow fruit, exotic (pineapple), subtle dried fruit, voluminous and rich with beautiful tension.

Serve

At 8-10°C

Drink before

2025

Food and wine pairings

Food and wine pairings

Serve as an aperitif, with saffron scallops, fish in sauce, white meat, poultry, mature cheeses...

More information on Domaine Chiroulet

More information on IGP Côtes de Gascogne

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated 14/20 (2017 vintage) (Good wine)

Rated estate (2020 guide) 1*Star (A serious, recommendable production, in line with what one would expect from its appellation(s))

About the estate:

Philippe Fezas has been pampering his vines since 1995, when he took the plunge and added winemaker to his role as consultant for Seguin-Moreau. Committed to producing expressive wines, distributed to wine merchants and fine restaurants, he focuses on his vineyard plots, going against the grain of production in the surrounding area. His two hillsides face the Pyrenees and feature a variety of soils ranging from fine clay (the Côte d'Heux) to more calcareous soils (white soils).

Hachette Wine Guide

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated estate (2022 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)

About the estate:

Heir to four generations of winegrowers established here since 1893, Philippe Fezas contemplates the small 13th-century church built in the nearby hamlet of Heux from his 50-hectare estate. The rows of vines are swept by the chiroula, a beneficial wind that dries the grapes, which will produce flocs, Armagnacs, and Côtes de Gascogne wines of high quality. A sure bet.

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