Cassis: Clos Sainte Magdeleine Blanc 2008
Description
This Clos Sainte Magdeleine blanc from Cassis has a complex bouquet of citrus fruit and Provençal pine precedes an alluring palate. White peaches and wild herbs underscored with subtle mineral tastes lead to a long, dry finish. A sophisticated wine for contemplative appreciation.
- Style: White Wine, Dry (Sec), Light-bodied
- Region: Provence, Cassis,
- Producer: François Sack
- Vintage: 2008
- Grape variety (Cépage): Clairette, Marsanne, Ugni Blanc
- Wine pairing - drink with: Shellfish
- Cellarage: Best drunk within 2 3 years of bottling.
- Vinification: Lowish yields of grapes are hand harvested, de-stalked and fermented in stainless steel before fining, filtration and bottling the following year.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 12.5%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
What others think of this wine...
Malcolm Gluck - wine writer says:One of those whites I prefer to decant for half a day to let it open up. This is one of France’s great undiscovered ‘secret’ whites, preferable to many a soi-disant ‘great’ white burgundy in feel and fruit. It is beautifully textured, like ruffled silk, and it has a genteel finish of gooseberry and citrus.
Score: 16.5 points.
Yapp Brothers staff review - Jonathan says:This is always an interesting wine. Clairette, Marsanne and Ugni Blanc give a wine with a herb/pine aromatic nose and mouth-filling citrus flavours with an intriguing oily texture that carries the developing flavours that last for a long finish.
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