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Domaine Chiroulet - La Côte d'Heux 2020

Domaine Chiroulet - La Côte d'Heux 2020

14/20

Bettane & Desseauve

(2017 Vintage Notes)
Gros Manseng
round and supple
intensity

With its beautiful, clear, and brilliant color, La Côte d’Heux is an intense white wine with a fruity profile reminiscent of exotic fruits like mango. Complexity, character, and richness dominate on the palate, resulting in a powerful and expressive wine. Perfect for pairing 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

Deep, fine-textured brown clay soils over a limestone bedrock on the southern slope

Viticulture

Reasoned

Grape Harvest

Overripe

Winemaking

Direct pressing of the old vines; skin contact for 6–8 hours with the young vines; static settling without enzymes; fermentation in wooden vats, very slowly—sometimes lasting over a month—at 18–20°C

Livestock farming

Half is aged in oak barrels ranging from 30 to 55 hectoliters, and the other half in concrete tanks, with weekly stirring for two months

Alcohol content

13.5%

Residual sugars

3.5 g/L

Nose

Very aromatic, with subtle spicy oak notes

Palate

Notes of yellow fruit and exotic fruit (pineapple), with subtle hints of dried fruit; full-bodied and rich, with a lovely acidity

Serve

At 8-10°C

Drink before

2025

Food and wine pairings

Food and wine pairings

Serve as an aperitif, paired with saffron-infused scallops, fish in sauce, white meat, poultry, or aged cheeses...

More information at Domaine Chiroulet

More information at IGP Côtes de Gascogne

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

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

Rated estate (2020 guide) 1*Star (A high-quality, recommendable wine that lives up to what one would expect from its appellation(s))

About the estate:

Philippe Fezas has been tending to his vineyards since 1995, the year he took the plunge and added the role of winemaker to his position as a consultant for Seguin-Moreau. Committed to producing expressive wines sold to wine shops and fine restaurants, he carefully plans his vineyard layout, bucking the trend of surrounding production. His two slopes face the Pyrenees and feature a variety of soils ranging from fine clay (the Côte d’Heux) to more calcareous soils (white earth).

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:

As the heir to four generations of winemakers who have been based here since 1893, Philippe Fezas looks out from his 50-hectare estate at the small 13th-century church in the nearby hamlet of Heux. A gentle breeze, the chiroula, blows through the rows of vines, drying the grapes that will yield exceptional flocs, Armagnacs, and Côtes de Gascogne. A sure bet.

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