Côtes Catalanes blanc "Laïs" - 150cl 2019 - Olivier Pithon (BD & vin nature)

Côtes Catalanes blanc "Laïs" 2017 - Olivier Pithon - 150cl MAGNUM

Olivier Pithon's Cuvée "Laïs" is named after his cow Laïs, originally from the cool British island of Jersey (off the coast of Normandy), and now grazing in the warm Catalan countryside. Her manure is used to fertilize the soil and she herself is used to plow the earth. The "Laïs" is sultry, rich and buttery, but also has mineral notes and a pleasant freshness. A very nice white that only gets better with time, a terroir wine par excellence.

The wine is made using the vin nature method: no additives have been added, the sulphites and yeasts in it are natural.

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): 50% macabeu, 50% grenache gris & grenache blanc
• In the vineyard: Very calcareous soil. Completely organic farming, land is worked by cow Laïs. Vines average 80 years old.
  
• In the cellar : Direct pressing. Spontaneous fermentation. Maturation in barriques and demi-muids, without addition of So2.
• Quality mark: Organic, biodynamic & vin nature