Domaine Chiroulet - La Côte d'Heux 2017

Name: Domaine Chiroulet - La Côte d'Heux 2017
Brand: Domaine Chiroulet
Rating: 3.3 (10 reviews)

IGP Côtes de Gascogne|White wine

Sud Ouest

White

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3.3/5 (10 customers)

With its bright, limpid color, La Côte d'Heux is an intense, fruity white evoking exotic fruits such as mango. Complexity, character and fatness dominate the palate, resulting in a powerful, expressive wine. Best served with roast free-range poultry, for example...

Features

Estate

Domaine Chiroulet

Cuvée

La Côte d'Heux

Vintage

2017

Designation

IGP Côtes de Gascogne

Region

Southwest

Grape varieties

100% Gros Manseng

Terroirs

Deep, fine, brown clay soils on limestone bedrock on the south coast

Viticulture

Traditional and meticulous

Harvest

Over-ripe

Winemaking

Direct pressing on old vines. Pellicular maceration for 6-8 hours on young vines. Enzyme-free static settling. Fermentation in wooden vats, very slowly, sometimes over a month, at a temperature of 18-20°C.

Breeding

Half in 30-55 hl Seguin Moreau oak vats and the other half in cement vats. Weekly stirring of the lees for 2 months

Alcohol content

13%

Tasting & pairing

Nose

Mineral, exotic fruit and smoky notes

Mouth

Fruity and aromatic with good liveliness and fullness

Serve

AT 8-10°C

Drink from

2019

Drink before

2022

Food and wine pairing

Serve as an aperitif, with scallops in saffron sauce, fish in sauce, white meat, poultry and mature cheeses.

Domain Chiroulet

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IGP Côtes de Gascogne

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (2020 guide) 1*Star (A serious, recommendable production, in line with what one has the right to expect from its appellation(s))

About the domain :

Philippe Fezas has been pampering his vines since 1995, when he took the plunge and added winemaker to consultant to Seguin-Moreau. Committed to producing expressive wines, which are distributed to wine merchants and fine restaurants, he takes great care in designing his parcels of land, in contrast to the surrounding production. His two côtes face the Pyrenees, with a variation of soils between fine clays (côte d'Heux) and more chalky soils (terres blanches).

Guide Hachette des vins

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

About the domain :

Heir to 4 generations of winegrowers established here since 1893, Philippe Fezas gazes out from his 50-hectare estate at the small 13th-century church in the nearby hamlet of Heux. In the rows of vines blows the chiroula, a beneficial wind that dries the bunches, which will give flocs, armagnacs and Côtes de Gascogne of high expression. A sure bet.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.3/5

on 10 reviews

Note and review by M. BERTRAND C. Published on 19/10/2019

Pale yellow color, nose of white flowers and mirabelle plums. Well-balanced, medium length. Slightly below the 2015.