Domaine de Castelnau Garenne Sauvignon Blanc IGP Pays d'Oc 2025
Domaine de Castelnau Garenne Sauvignon Blanc IGP Pays d'Oc
Region: Languedoc, France
Vintage: 2025
Bottle size: 75cl
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 1%
This wine is light yellow in colour. The nose is very expressive and complex with a distinct minerality followed by aromas of ripe peach and nectarine. The palate is fresh and fruity with a rich and well balanced mid-palate. Floral and lychee flavours extend into a long lemony finish.
Grapes for this Sauvignon Blanc grow on the estate’s 160 hectares of vineyard close to Pézenas, in the Occitanie region of southern France. The vines are planted at 5000 per hectare on stony clay-limestone soils and are farmed using the Guyot system and Royat pruning.
The grapes were harvested mechanically at night to preserve the delicate aromatics of the fruit. The grapes were destemmed and gently crushed before being cooled, followed by a gentle pressing. Fermentation took place in stainless steel at controlled temperatures, and the wine was kept on fine lees for additional freshness before being bottled the following spring.
Located near Pézenas, halfway between the Massif Central and the Mediterranean Sea, Domaine de Castelnau Garenne comprises a 160-hectare estate that benefits from fresh sea breezes, preserving acidity and freshness in the grapes. It is owned by Christophe Muret, who, like Yves Ricome of La Croix Gratiot, was a melon farmer before he began growing grapes in 1997. The word ‘Garenne’ in the domaine’s name references the wild rabbits Christophe would see in his vines when he first started as a vigneron. Thankfully, these are a rarer sight these days, but they still remind him of his winemaking journey.