Faugeres: Chateau Estanilles 2008
Description
A dry, characterful white wine with a generous weight of white orchard fruit and a rich, complex, minerally palate.
- Style: White Wine, Dry (Sec), Full-bodied
- Region: Languedoc, Faugeres,
- Producer: Michel & Sophie Louison
- Vintage: 2008
- Grape variety (Cépage): Marsanne, Roussanne
- Wine pairing - drink with: White fish, Poultry
- Cellarage: It will age happily for five years.
- Vinification: Hand-harvested grapes are pressed and vinified in stainless steel prior to a nine-month élevage on the lees, in oak barriques, 10-15% of which are new.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 14%
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Faugères: Chateau Estanilles 2008
The Château des Estanilles Faugères blanc is made from a classic Northern Rhône blend of 70% Marsanne and 30% Roussanne. It is fermented on its lees and raised in a mixture of new and used oak barrels for up to 12 months before bottling. The finished wine is rich and weighty with a bouquet of wild flowers and white peaches and a persistent, mouth-filling, mineral-edged palate.