Description
Please note 500ml bottle instead of normal 750ml!
It was a shock for many, but Le Vitriol Rouge from Grenache is no more. Time for something new, Le Vitriol Blanc! This time made from 100% Grenache blanc. Crystal clear, slightly sweet, very soft and refined with only 12% alcohol. And that is special. Normally, southern French dessert wines are very heavy, firm and thick, so dark and high in alcohol, about 15-17% alcohol. This elegant white is quite aromatic, with notes of rose petals and ripe stone fruits, toasty and slightly spicy. In the Côte Catalanes they also drink this wine as an aperitif.
Very tasty with light to medium cheeses, almond desserts, flans or perhaps a nice piece of pate
Olivier Pithon, a winegrower in Calce, a village near Perpignan. Olivier is the brother of Jo Pithon, the famous winegrower from the Loire of Domaine Pithon-Paille . He ended up in Calce via Gérard Gauby, one of the best winegrowers in the region and a friend of his father, and decided to start his own domain. Today the domain has 15ha of vineyards, with 7ha of white and 8ha of red. Olivier has now become one of the leading winegrowers in the region and a pioneer for the new generation.
The subsoil here contains schist, slate, loam and limestone and Olivier seems to be a master in letting that terroir express itself. He works biodynamically and only works with local grape varieties.
Especially his top wines are real terroir wines, grape, soil, air, climate all come to the surface in his wines paired with a high minerality. A clean and neat style.
- Country / Region: France / Languedoc-Roussillon
- Grape variety(ies): 100% Grenache blanc
- In the vineyard: Late harvest, Harvest entirely by hand.
- In the cellar: Short period of skin contact, maturation for 8 months in large old wooden barrels.
- Quality mark: biodynamic & Vin Nature
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