[Pape Clement owner Bernard Magrez family series]
【Concours des Grands Vins du Languedoc】
[Prices in Sud de France in the south of France. The strength of classified growths】
[Bernard Cross Key Mark]
【Southern French native white grapes】
Stirring Lees. Show the personality of liquor】
Bernard Magrez is a leader in the French wine industry. In recent years, Mr. Bernard Magrez has visited the world and acquired/merged wineries of super high quality. He currently owns 42 wineries around the world. What is most talked about is that he is one of the few people who owns 4 Bordeaux classified wineries at the same time. Mr. Bernard Magrez pursues excellence: seeking and expressing the terroir conditions provided by each vineyard. With the assistance of renowned winemaking consultant Michel Rolland, Bernard Magrez creates wines that respect the beauty of the fruit and express the uniqueness of the vineyard. Two of his wines have received top ratings of 100/100 from Robert Parker. Under the strict supervision of Mr. Bernard Magrez and his fanatical pursuit of perfection, these wines are often highly recognized by world awards.
WF219 - Bernard Margrez Passion Blanche 2012
Current price: $148
Region: France/ Sud de France / Cotes Catalanes
Grape Varieties: 48% Maccabeu, 40% Muscat Petit-Grain, 10% Grenache Gris, 2% Grenache Blanc
Features: 9 months in wooden barrels, stirring lees for 3 months (once a week)
Alcohol content: 14.5%
Taste: Well-aged white wine has a beautiful golden color and is made from native white grapes from southern France. Among them, Maccabeu grapes have great plasticity. In addition to being able to produce refreshing white wines with fresh floral and fruity aromas, it can also be produced into white wines with a thicker body and rich aromas of nuts and honey. This Passion Blanche 2012 is of course the latter. It has been aged in wooden barrels for 9 months and can also be aged after being bottled. Drinking this 2012 white wine at home can be said to be in full condition! The aroma is of ripe pears, and less common notes of candied fruit, apricots, honey and white flowers. This pleasing aroma is of course attributed to the Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains grape, which is a member of the Muscat grape family and has a strong aroma as one of its main features! The taste of nuts, vanilla and a little bit of fat is in the mouth. In addition, the winemaker used Stirring Lees to stir the lees, which made the wine more complex, fuller and more balanced overall. The aftertaste lasts for 8-10 seconds and you can feel the different kinds of creamy, so smooth! The price is worthy of the southern France, the strength of the classified growth (Chateau La Tour Carnet blanc)
Stirring Lees. Show the personality of liquor】
After the wine has completed fermentation, it will enter the oak barrel aging stage. During this stage, the winemaker will let the wine age on the lees. Wine aged on the lees needs to undergo the stirring lees process from time to time to allow the wine to fully contact the lees. For example, this Passion Blanche is used once a week for 3 months. Stirring Lees is the process of stirring the lees in the barrel. This brewing process can make the flavor of the wine more complex, the body fuller, and the overall balance more. Adding different grape combinations makes Passion Blanche even more passionate and more personalized!
【Sud de France】
Sud de France is a marketing organization that has been bringing together all AOCs and Vin de Pays in the Languedoc-Roussillon region since 2006. The name used externally is no longer Languedoc-Roussillon, but is directly replaced by "Sud de France", or in other words, "Sud de France" is operated as a brand. This change has many benefits, such as making the name easier to remember, and also bringing the region’s AOC and Vin de Pays wines together under one roof for promotion!
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