Clos Maïa - IGP Hérault blanc 2022
Languedoc
White
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93/100
RVF
"Superb balance!"
Grown and vinified organically, with respect for nature, this pretty white Clos Maïa offers notes of white peach, Granny Smith apple and acacia flower, subtly enhanced by aniseed scents. The chiselled palate develops white-fleshed fruit aromas in keeping with the nose. Elegant and well-balanced, this wine is lively, with a long, mineral, deliciously saline finish. To be discovered and rediscovered with a good meal!
Features
Estate
Clos Maïa
Vintage
2022
Designation
IGP Hérault
Region
Languedoc
Grape varieties
40% Grenache gris, 40% Chenin, 15% Roussanne, 5% Terret Bourret
Terroirs
Limestone screes
Viticulture
Certified organic
Harvest
Manual in crates, demanding sorting at the cutting stage
Winemaking
Direct pressing, 24-hour gravity settling, start of natural fermentation in vats, then in demi-muids.
Breeding
12 months in demi-muid and 6 months in stainless steel tanks
Alcohol content
13.5%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Straw yellow with golden highlights
Nose
Intense with a lovely complexity, notes of acacia flowers, white peach, Granny Smith apple, bringing a nice vivacity, completed by subtle aniseed notes.
Mouth
Great freshness on the attack, elegance, fine balance, aromas of white-fleshed fruit, lemon zest, long, mineral finish, pleasantly saline.
Serve
AT 10-12°C
Drink before
2032
Production
5000 bottles
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with monkfish tail with beurre blanc, scallop carpaccio, skate wing with capers...
Clos Maïa
PGI Hérault
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine noté Sélectionné (An estate or house that has won us over with one or more wines from its production, without us being able to give a general opinion on the style of the entire range)
About the domain :
Géraldine Laval vinifies her terrasses-du-larzac at La Vacquerie. Trained as an oenologist after a spell with Jean-Louis Chave, she is gradually converting her estate to organic production. An estate to watch closely.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated (guide 2024) 93/100 (Vintage 2021)
Domaine rated (guide 2024) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winegrowers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
About the domain :
In 2009, after training with some of the region's top winemakers, led by Olivier Jullien, Géraldine Laval set up on high-altitude plots in the Terrasses du Larzac, in the Poujols et Lauroux area, in the extreme north-west of the appellation. This small 6-hectare estate benefits from a plot composed of mature vines. A talented and passionate winemaker, Géraldine Laval expresses the purity, tension and uprightness of her terroirs with precision and sensitivity. The estate has managed the 2021 vintage well and presents a very fair range.
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