Montsablé Chardonnay, IGP Haute Vallée de L’Aude

Description

Montsablé Chardonnay, IGP Haute Vallée de L’Aude Wine is inspired by the spirit of place – ‘L’esprit de lieu’. The wines of Terres Fidèles are created in the Roussillon and surrounding regions, a place of remarkable stories where layers of history and cultures are embedded in the raw and wild landscape.

Authentic, crafted small batch wines. Wines of the wilds. Old vine Grenache, Carignan, Malbec, Cinsault, Viognier and more. Wines to share…, some of which, namely Felicette, Mont Rocher and Montsablé we have been proudly producing for some time.

Clay and limestone soils support the 20 to 30 year old vines sited on clay- limestone soils in the Limoux, the coolest of the Mediterranean regions due to the influence of the Atlantic Vent Cers wind.
Winemaking

Montsablé Chardonnay, IGP Haute Vallée de L’Aude is characteristics comes from delicate fermentation process. The slower ripening grapes benefit from a period of cold skin contact and maceration. Pressing of the grapes with separation of free-run juice from pressed must. Cold static must settling. Temperature controlled fermentation at 17-18°C. The wine is left on its lees to add complexity of flavour, texture and weight whilst retaining a crisp, refreshing, ripe fruit finish. 20% of the wine is aged in French wood for 3 months.