Dom du Haut Bourg, Pavillon 2017 Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie
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40-year-old vines from the Pavillon parcel. 6,500–7,000 vines/ha and 50 hl/ha. Terra Vitis certified viticulture. 60% direct pressing, 40% skin maceration. Cold settled for 48 hours, temperature-controlled fermentation. Matured on the lees for eight months with some stirring.
Strong elderflower aroma. Creamy and yet full of chalky citrus crunchiness. Bay leaf, the sweet spice and green bitterness. Elderflower perfume dancing through the palate from start to finish. Still too young to be at its best. (TC)
Dom du Haut Bourg, Pavillon 2017 Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie 12%
16.5+ Drink 2019-27
Mimosa blossom perfume. Hint of cobnut and hawthorn flower on the nose and through in the mouth, but it’s the breathtaking raciness of this wine that defines it, pulling long and strong and sharp-cut through all the flavours, through a smudge of lemon-apple curd and through yogurt leesiness into a finish both full and lean, leaving a dusting of dry hay dust in its wake. One to cellar, although it is already exciting.
Dom du Haut Bourg, Pavillon 2016 Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie 12%
16++ Drink 2018-22
Terra Vitis certified. This is a parcel selection of slightly older vines, about 40 years old, planted within the special microclimate of Lake Grandlieu in the commune of Bouaye. South-facing slopes on gravel, with red sand and small, rolled quartz pebbles on a sub soil of shale and amphibolite. 6,500-7,000 vines/ha. Yields 45 hl/ha. 60% direct pressing,30% pellicular maceration (cold skin contact), 10% deposit filtration. Juices cold-settled at 13 °C for 48 hours, temperature-controlled fermentation. On the lees for eight months with stirring after fermentation.
Very young still on the both the nose and palate – some petillance even. Lemon and lime sherbet bonbons, with a very slight edge of grapefruit-pith bitterness. Still in its callow youth with lots of potential to open into something really exciting. (TC)
Dom du Haut Bourg, Pavillon 2015 Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie 12%
16.5 Drink 2017-23
Terra Vitis certified. This is a parcel selection of slightly older vines, about 40 years old, planted within the special microclimate of Lake Grandlieu in the commune of Bouaye. South-facing slopes on gravel, with red sand and small, rolled quartz pebbles on a sub soil of shale and amphibolite. 6,500-7,000 vines/ha. Yields 45 hl/ha. 60% direct pressing,30% pellicular maceration (cold skin contact), 10% deposit filtration. Juices cold-settled at 13 °C for 48 hours, temperature-controlled fermentation. On the lees for eight months with stirring after fermentation.
Subtle perfume, like a light breeze blowing through hawthorn blossom. Lovely saline intensity shot through with cool herbs and wet stones and salty-sweet citrus. Fabulous. Electric energy. Crackling with life, spiky zestiness. (TC)