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Château Moulin Caresse - Magie d'Automne 2011 (Moelleux)

Sud Ouest

White

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This Haut-Montravel is immediately fine and elegant, offering beautiful nuances of pear, quince and white flowers. A smooth, mellow white that retains a good freshness, rich on the palate without being syrupy, with white fruits and apricot. A very elegant treat!

Features

Estate

Château Moulin Caresse

Cuvée

Magie d'Automne

Vintage

2011

Designation

Haut-Montravel

Region

Southwest

Grape varieties

60% Sémillon, 20% Sauvignon blanc, 20% Muscadelle

Terroirs

south-facing boulbène plateau on ferruginous clay

Viticulture

The vineyard is treated with integrated pest management, without herbicides, worked under the row and planted with grass or worked between the rows.

Harvest

manual

Winemaking

10-hour skin contact maceration, barrel fermentation (20% new barrels)

Breeding

on fine lees in barrels with "rolling" of the barrels for 8 months

Alcohol content

12%

Residual sugars

46 g/l

Tasting & pairing

Eye

light yellow color, evolving to darker gold, clean and bright

Nose

fine and elegant, with nuances of pear, quince and white flowers

Mouth

unctuous but retaining a good freshness, rich on the palate without being syrupy, we find white fruits and also apricot.

Serve

at 8-10°C

Open

1/2 hour before

Drink from

2013

Drink before

2016

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

3*Star rating (High-quality production, a benchmark in its sector)

About the domain :

Sylvie and Jean-François Deffarge have been working hard since 1981 to raise the Montravel flag on this estate inherited from Jean-François' father. Today, it covers 52 hectares on the slopes and plateau of Vélines. The vineyard has not yet gone organic, but is striving to do the best it can. The next generation is already in the starting blocks: Quentin and Benjamin are now involved in the life of the estate and are taking it in hand. Their extensive, well-structured range enables them to offer wines for every occasion. The new winery will enable them to push their vision even further, with the addition of some experimental cuvées.

Guide Hachette des vins

Guide Hachette des vins

Domaine noté (guide 2022) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

A very old family estate (1749) located on the heights of Montravel, this vast domaine is today one of the benchmarks in the Bergerac region, thanks to the work carried out since 1990 (when it left the cooperative) by Jean-François Deffarge, a "self-taught oenologist", who is now handing over to his children Benjamin and Quentin. The vineyard (50 ha) extends over 2 very distinct terroirs: clay-limestone slopes and a boulbène plateau. In organic conversion.

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Note and review by M. CHRISTIAN G. Published on 03/08/2014

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