M Chapoutier Hermitage Blanc Chante Alouette 2011

M Chapoutier Hermitage Blanc Chante Alouette 

Region: Hermitage, Rhone, France

Vintage: 2011

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Marsanne

ABV: 14%

WA: 95 points

This wine is complex but subtle, with aromas of quince, walnut, honey, ginger, acacia with a hint of linden-tree. On the palate it is very elegant with a good length. Versatile food wine pairing well with poultry in sauces, goat's cheese, blue cheese, spicy dishes and curry.

The grapes from which this wine is produced comes from three different vineyards: Le Méal”, characterized by a soil of very old fluvial-glacial alluvial deposits with a high pebble content. “Les Murets”, whose soil is clay-gravel, the red clay give the wines a full, rich character. “Chante-Alouette”, a high-lying terroir whose soil is a mixture of loess and very finely decomposed granite, it gives the wine freshness, salinity and acidity.

The story began with Michel Chapoutier, a unique man with a thirst for knowledge, definitely one of a kind. Michel is openminded and always willing to learn. He seeks to discover and reflect the full potential of his terroirs and let the soils express their true character. That which gives the wines their signature style. This now forms the basis of the M. CHAPOUTIER ethos and the team strives to reveal the very best of what the soils have to offer.

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