Mas Champart - VdP des Monts de la Grage - Viognier 2008
Languedoc
White
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This vin de pays des Monts de la Grage is a single-varietal 100% Viognier, from vines planted in 1993 on a limestone plateau. Vinified 80% in vats and 20% in multi-wine barrels, it is aromatic, without heaviness, and retains the fine minerality of the estate's wines. Open with friends as an aperitif, or why not with seafood?
Features
Estate
Mas Champart
Vintage
2008
Designation
IGP Monts de la Grage
Region
Languedoc
Grape varieties
100% Viognier
Terroirs
limestone plateau
Viticulture
The vineyard is managed using a "lutte raisonnée" approach, with the maximum use of organic products: compost from pomace, manure, grassing and weeding of terraces and steep slopes. Yields at 30hl/ha
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
vinified 80% in vats and 20% in multi-wine barrels
Breeding
in vats on fine lees
Alcohol content
13,5%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
beautiful yellow colour with golden highlights
Nose
expressive and finely fruity
Mouth
full-bodied, fruity and mineral, with a fresh finish.
Serve
at 11-12°C
Open
and serve!
Drink from
2009
Drink before
2012
Food and wine pairing
A déguster à l’apéritif, il peut aussi s’associer avec des fruits de mer...<br/>
Mas Champart
IGP Monts de la Grage
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (guide 2024) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)
About the domain :
Isabelle and Mathieu Champart created their domaine from scratch in 1976, and have made it their signature, because year after year, it's always excellent. The apparent simplicity of these wines was matched only by the length and complexity of their finishes. The estate has now changed hands, with Pascaline Bour, related to the Mulliez family, taking it over. We await the wines produced by the new team, and hope they will continue an incredible series of great successes in an appellation that curiously suffers from a lack of notoriety.
Guide Hachette des vins
Domaine noté (guide 2024) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the domain :
A magnificent landscape, terraced vineyards, a hillside farmhouse and a very stony, clay-limestone terroir. Since 1976, Isabelle and Matthieu Champart have cultivated 13 hectares of vines in this picture-postcard setting (80% of which are organic) with an organic sensibility that predates the official conversion begun in 2019, which they have been vinifying since 1988, the year they left the cooperative.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté (guide 2023) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
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 :
Fans of the Champart couple, both recently retired, can rest assured that the estate is still going strong, in the tradition of its founders! Nicolas Gaignon continues to bring to life these fine cuvées screwed onto a clay-limestone bedrock. The 16-hectare estate, situated on the limestone folds overlooking the town of Saint-Chinian, began its conversion to organic farming in 2019. Here, the wines are as much dedicated to immediate pleasure as to great ageing potential.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
3/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by M. DANIEL C. Published on 13/04/2018
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