La Croix Gratiot - Picpoul de Pinet Mais, tu Badines ! blanc 2022
Languedoc
White
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Drink
"New experience!"
Mais, tu Badines! The estate's new Picpoul de Pinet cuvée has a gourmet, fine, warm nose. An umami sensation unfolds delicately on the palate, with a silky touch that caresses the palate. The whole offers a beautiful juice, embodying the harmony between gourmandise, finesse and richness of flavors. A superb cuvée with an original wooden label, a rare pearl available in limited quantities!
Features
Estate
La Croix Gratiot
Cuvée
Mais, tu Badines !
Vintage
2022
Designation
Picpoul de Pinet
Region
Languedoc
Grape varieties
100% Picpoul blanc
Terroirs
Clay-limestone soils surrounding the Thau Basin, Mediterranean climate, sea breezes and scents of garrigue.
Viticulture
Certified organic
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Traditional method, fermentation in temperature-controlled vats
Breeding
12 months in demi-muids
Alcohol content
13%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Bright, slightly golden colour
Nose
Delicious, fine and warm, with apricot aromas
Mouth
Umami sensation, silky touch that caresses the palate, white fruit flavours unfold delicately, remarkable length.
Serve
AT 12°C
Drink before
2026
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy as an aperitif, with sushi, seafood, sauerkraut, Picodon, Cabécou...
La Croix Gratiot
Picpoul de Pinet
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 straight, iodized sea breezes of 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 vineyard's surface area, 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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