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Domaine Champalou Vouvray Le Portail
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Domaine Champalou Vouvray Le Portail

33,60 €

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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