Domaine De Pellehaut Family Reserve Blanc

Region

Gascogne, Southern France, France

Vintage:

2022

Producer:

Domaine de Pellehaut

Grapes:

Chardonnay, Petit Manseng

Wine Description:

A blend of fruity peach/apricot, floral honeysuckle and a hint of vanilla. On the palate, it finishes with honey and muscatel notes.

These cuvées were born with the determination to put forward our best parcels of the year. The blend can change year by year. With this wine, reserved at the beginning for the family, we want to show that it's possible to make “grands vins” in Gascony too.

Pellicular maceration on cold temperature. Vinification with indigenous yeasts. Ageing in oak barrel on lees.

Tasting Note:

A high-quality cuvee with plenty of character! Pale gold. Ripe tropical fruit at the attack with hints of vanilla and spices. After a very full, smooth attack, the palate reveals mouthfilling extract and fine, concentrated complexity. Surprising, lingering finish. A white Gascony wine with body and surprising originality and power. A wine of “Burgundian” influence.

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Food Suggestion:

Serve at 13-16°C with seafood, fish, red or white meat, stews, cheese.

Producer Description

Palmers have had a long standing relationship with the Domaine De Pellehaut wines for many years and are one of the UK's largest independant shippers of their wines. Owned by the Beraut family for 300 years, Domaine De Pellehaut is managed by Brothers Mathieu and Martin Béraut. Starting out as Armagnac producers and continuing so under the name Chateau De Pellehaut producing several premium Armagnacs including the much prized and highly regarded Reserve De Gaston named after their Father. Domaine De Pellehaut produces several wines focused mainly on local grape varieties including Colombard, Petit Manseng, Gros Manseng and Tannat as well as high quality plantings of international varieties such as Merlot, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. This diversity of plantings along with the Beraut Brothers skill in wine making and the art of blending has resulted in a collection of multi-award winning wines that consistently over perform, from their Harmonie De Gascogne range through to their top cuvee the Family Reserve.

Situated on the slopes surrounding Château de Pellehaut, at an elevation of over 180m, the vineyard is set in an ideal terroir with maximum exposure to the sun.Protected by the Pyrenees, the Gers region also has the advantage of relatively low rainfall in summer.

"Pellehaut" gets its name from the Roman or mediaeval word pila (meaning any kind of solid, pillar-like construction).The presence two kilometres away of mosaics decorated with vines at the Gallo-Roman site of Séviac bears witness to the fact that vines were already grown at Pellehaut in Roman times.

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