This orange wine is the most original cuvée among all those produced from the legendary terroirs of Gauby. The nose is fragrant, with notes of citrus, kumquat, orange blossom, and honey... The palate is rich, full-bodied, and subtly tannic, with lovely fruit and a mineral finish.
Ingredients and nutrition facts- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Côtes Catalanes IGP
- Bottled by
- Domaine Gauby
- Colour
- Skin contact
- Degree of alcohol
- 11 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2032
- rock’n’roll
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A blended cuvée of 85% Muscat Petit Grain and 15% Muscat d'Alexandrie, grown on a schist soil facing northeast. The vines are about 15 years old and are farmed organically. The Gaubys are also adepts of polyculture, which they use to recreate biodiversity around their vines. Natural vinification: maceration of whole bunches for about 4 weeks in concrete vats, with indigenous yeasts, delicate pressing, and 7 months of aging in large barrels. Bottled by gravity, without fining or filtration.
Lionel Gauby
Lionel Gauby is son of the great Gérard, Lord of Catalonia. Since the 1980s, this family has been on the same quest: making complex, perfectly balanced wines. As a winemaker, Gérard was implacable, waking up each day to question what he had done the day before. The style of wines at the estate never stopped evolving for 30 years. Lionel and Gérard produce wines at once complex and...
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