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    Domaine Champalou Vouvray Le Portail

    Champalou Champalou

    32,50 €

    Perhaps the most sensational of Champalou's great Vouvray, but certainly a Chenin Blanc worth aging for many years in your cellar. Le Portail vineyard is essentially the family's "garden", just steps outside their home in the heart of Vouvray. Walking through this particular vineyard you are right on top of the family's cave winery. This particular vineyard is vinified individually in new 500 barrels, with the lees stirred and a total of 18 months in oak before bottling. Obviously this is not a classic Vouvray, but its complexity and piercing acidity will be etched in your memory for a long time.
    Vintage
    2020
    Country
    France
    Sweetness
    Dry wine
    Appellation
    Vouvray AC
    Variety
    Chenin Blanc
    Bottle Size
    750ml
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    Data sheet

    Climate
    Climate:
    Cool, Continental
    Vineyard age
    Vineyard age:
    20 years
    Yeasts
    Yeasts:
    Indigenous
    Vinification
    Vinification:
    Ζύμωση σε καινούργια 500lt βαρέλια
    Maturity
    Maturity:
    18 μήνες σε καινούργια 500lt δρύινα βαρέλια με φίνες οινολάσπες
    Filtration
    Filtration:
    No

    Region:
    Loire
    Soils:
    Clay
    Irrigation:
    No
    Cultivation:
    Πρακτικές βιώσιμης αμπελοκαλλιέργειας
    Harvest:
    Hand-harvested
    Malolactic fermentation:
    Yes
    Clarification:
    No
    Alcohol:
    13,50%
    PH:
    3,41
    Total acidity (gr/L):
    3,14
    Residual sugar (gr/L):
    5
    Total sulfites (mg/L):
    70
    Organic Certified:
    No
    Biodynamic:
    No
    Vegan Certified:
    No
    Main grape :
    Chenin Blanc

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    Intense toasted and dry-fleshed aromas from the barrel, with smoky notes around a core of ripe almost exotic fruit. Tensions are piercing, with the bouquet developing beautifully in the glass. The palate has the natural harmony of all the Champalou family wines. The volume and richness of the wine are balanced thanks to its spectacular - razor-like - acidity, combined with a strong mineral sensation on the palate. It is hard to find intensely barreled wines with such delicate balance and silky texture as this Champalou masterpiece. In keeping with all their wines, Le Portail is produced with a gentle natural vinification and a "soft" hand, which allows the power of the clay terroir of this particular vineyard to shine through in the glass.
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