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    Domaine Champalou Vouvray Le Portail

    Champalou Champalou

    34,80 €

    Perhaps the most impressive of Champalou's great Vouvrays, but certainly a Chenin Blanc worth aging for many years in your cellar. The "Le Portail" vineyard is essentially the family's "garden," just a few steps outside their home in the heart of Vouvray. Walking through this vineyard, you find yourself directly above the family's underground winery. This particular vineyard is vinified separately in new 500-liter barrels, with stirring of the lees and a total of 18 months in oak before bottling. Obviously, this is not a classic Vouvray, but its complexity and penetrating acidity will remain etched in your memory for a long time.
    Vintage
    2022
    Country
    Γαλλία
    Sweetness
    Dry wine
    Appellation
    Vouvray AC
    Variety
    Chenin Blanc
    Bottle Size
    750ml
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    Data sheet

    Climate
    Climate:
    Cold continental
    Vineyard age
    Vineyard age:
    20 years
    Yeasts
    Yeasts:
    Indigenous
    Vinification
    Vinification:
    Fermentation in new barrels 500lt
    Ageing
    Ageing:
    18 months in new oak barrels 500lt on the fine lees
    Filtration
    Filtration:
    No

    Region:
    Loire
    Soils:
    Clay
    Irrigation:
    No
    Cultivation:
    Sustainable cultivation practices
    Harvest:
    Manual
    Malolactic fermentation:
    Yes
    Clarification:
    No
    Alcohol:
    13,50%
    Organic Certified:
    No
    Biodynamic:
    No
    Vegan Certified:
    No
    Main grape :
    Chenin Blanc

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    Intense toasted and dry aromas from the barrel, with smoky notes surrounding a core of ripe, almost exotic fruit. Penetrating intensity, with aromas that develop beautifully in the glass. The palate has the natural harmony of all Champalou family wines. The volume and richness of the wine are balanced by its spectacular, razor-sharp acidity, combined with an intense mineral sensation on the palate. It is difficult to find intensely oaky wines with such a delicate balance and silky texture as this Champalou masterpiece. Like all their wines, it is produced using gentle natural vinification and a light touch, allowing the power of Le Portail's clay terroir to shine through in the glass.
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