La Croix Gratiot - IGP Hérault Désir blanc 2023
Languedoc
White
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Drink
"Fruit and flowers
Here's the domaine's latest cuvée, synonymous with pleasure! A blend of Viognier, Sauvignon, Roussanne and Muscat Petit grain with a gourmet profile and intense aromas of stone fruits, white flowers and subtle peppery notes. With a fine acidic structure, it's perfect as an aperitif or with chicken tajine with almonds...
Features
Estate
La Croix Gratiot
Cuvée
Désir blanc
Vintage
2023
Designation
IGP Hérault
Region
Languedoc
Grape varieties
Viognier, Sauvignon, Roussanne et Muscat Petit Grain
Viticulture
Certified organic farming
Harvest
At optimum maturity, at night
Winemaking
Fermented at low temperatures, each grape variety is vinified separately, and the blend varies slightly from year to year.
Breeding
Viognier aged on fine lees
Alcohol content
13%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Dazzling golden yellow
Nose
Complex bouquet with notes of caramel, smoke, wax, asparagus and hops.
Mouth
Dynamic, perfect balance between tension and minerality, persistent gourmet bitterness
Serve
Cool to 12°C
Drink before
2026
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy as an aperitif, with chicken tagine with almonds, Thai cuisine, lemon meringue pie...
La Croix Gratiot
PGI Hérault
Expert opinion
Guide Hachette des vins
Domaine noté (guide 2025) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the domain :
Oriented towards melon cultivation and a contributor to the cooperative winery, the estate took a major turn in 2004 with the creation of a winemaking cellar. In 2009, Anaïs Ricôme joined her father Yves at the head of a 35-hectare vineyard (organic), created a new range and developed sales.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine rated (guide 2025) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winemakers with good production levels, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
About the domain :
Anaïs Ricôme is the benchmark for Picpoul de Pinet, producing wines of great purity from this beautiful clay-limestone terroir. The appellation produces some of Languedoc's finest whites, marked by the sea breezes, straightforward and iodized, from the piquepoul grape variety. After studying viticulture and oenology and gaining experience in a New Zealand vineyard, her father, Yves, suggested she take over this estate near Marseillan. Having just settled in, she made some drastic decisions: to reduce the size of the vineyard in order to better control the level of quality, to convert the estate to organic farming and to use certain dynamic organic practices. Aging is very light, with priority given to stainless steel, sandstone and old foudres. The result is brilliant, powerful and energetic wines of great precision. Quality is once again the order of the day.
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