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Domaine Chiroulet - La Côte d'Heux 2020

Domaine Chiroulet - La Côte d'Heux 2020

IGP Côtes de Gascogne|White wine

14/20

Bettane & Desseauve

(2017 Vintage Notes)
Gros Manseng
round and flexible
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 such as mango. Complexity, character, and richness dominate on the palate, resulting in a powerful and expressive wine. Best enjoyed with roasted 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

Regions

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

Viticulture

Reasoned

Grape Harvest

Overripe

Wine Production

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

Livestock Farming

Half is aged in oak barrels ranging from 30 to 55 hl, and the other half in concrete tanks, with weekly stirring for 2 months

Alcohol content

13.5%

Residual sugars

3.5 g/L

Nose

Very aromatic, with subtle, spicy oak notes

Palate

Yellow fruit, exotic (pineapple), subtle hints of dried fruit, full-bodied and rich with lovely acidity

Serve

At 8-10°C

Drink before

2025

Food and Wine Pairings

Food and Wine Pairings

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

More information at Domaine Chiroulet

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Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

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

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

About the estate:

Philippe Fezas has been tending 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 takes great care in planning his vineyard layout, going against the grain of surrounding production practices. His two slopes face the Pyrenees and feature a variety of soils ranging from fine clay (the Côte d’Heux) to more calcareous soils (terres blanches).
Hachette Wine Guide

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated Estate (2022 Guide) Award-Winning Wines (This producer's wines regularly receive awards from 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 known as the chiroula blows through the vineyard rows, drying the grapes that will yield exceptional flocs, Armagnacs, and Côtes de Gascogne wines. A sure bet.

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