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Rhône Valley
Vin de Pays de Vaucluse Blanc - 2021 - Domaine des Tours
Emmanuel Reynaud
A candied nose with notes of quince, honey, walnuts, and yellow fruits… The palate is powerful, opulent, and evolved, surprising for a Clairette, with phenomenal length and lingering aromas of mango. Powerful and beautiful.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Vaucluse IGP
- Bottled by
- EARL des Tours
- Colour
- White wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2028 to 2040
- rock’n’roll
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100% Clairette from vines planted around Sarrians, on clay-limestone and sandy soils with rolled pebbles. Although not certified organic, the vines are farmed without any chemical products, using only inputs that can be “drunk or breathed.” The grapes were harvested by hand with low yields. Vinification: direct pressing, spontaneous fermentation, and long ageing in old casks.
Emmanuel Reynaud
Emmanuel Reynaud, child of the 1963 vintage, was the discreet and perfectionist winemaker behind Château Rayas, Château des Tours, and Château de Fonsalette. He was heir to a lineage that began in 1880 with his great-grandfather Albert, and he took over Château Rayas and Château de Fonsalette in 1997 following the death of his uncle Jacques. He had already been running Domaine des Tours, where...
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