Domaine des Schistes - VDP des Côtes Catalanes - Illico White 2025

The Pinot Blanc du domaine Ginglinger is a complex blend of different parcels of pinot blanc and pinot auxerrois from various Eguisheim lieux-dits: Langrod, Bachtal, Klein Krumling, Lang Striebicher and Bodenacker. The golden auxerrois grapes give the wine a frank, pronounced fruitiness and fullness on the palate, while the pinot blanc adds freshness, liveliness and a hint of citrus. The bouquet of this pinot blanc is pure and spring-like, blending pear, lemon, fresh hazelnut, vanilla and white flowers. The balance on the palate is dry, articulated around suave, crisp flesh and invigorating freshness. A great charmer that goes well with a wide range of dishes.

La Cerisaie is a magnificent Maury from the domaine des Schistes, made from grapes aged at least 40 years and located on the southernmost slopes, favoring a beautiful ripeness of the grenache. Aged in barrels for 5 months, it reveals notes of cocoa and prunes. The ideal match for chocolate cakes!

L'enfer des Balloquets du domaine Robert Perroud bears this name because every year, the grape-pickers go through an ordeal picking the grapes from this hillside whose slope is sometimes over 40%! This Brouilly is supple, fresh and digestible in this 2024 vintage!

The Cuvée Saint-Agnès from Ermitage du Pic Saint-Loup has a nose developing on notes of garrigue and black fruits. The palate is remarkably fresh: it develops on notes of black fruit, pepper and licorice. Good length.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2024: 91/100

Coumeille du domaine des Schistes is a plot with an overwhelming majority of Syrah. This organic Roussillon wine develops aromas of black fruits and spices, all resting on a fine structure. A good decanting is recommended for this wine with a strong personality A great success to be drunk over 10 years!

This blanc cuvée Essencial from domaine des Schistes has all the gourmandise we've come to expect from southern wines, without ever lapsing into loudeness. This cuvée essencial, a blend of vermentino, grenache and maccabeu, is rich and very fruity. A lovely organic aperitif wine, it will also be at home with summer dishes (antipasti, salads...)

Magnificent Muscat de Rivesaltes than the cuvée Joya from the domaine des Schistes : . Concentrated, powerful and charming, this Muscat is a real bonbon that develops on notes of yellow fruit, honey, apricot. Great length.

Casot d'en Gorat is a magnificent cuvée, this parcel selection from the domaine des Schistes. A blend of wood-aged Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris. A wine of lovely intensity, fresh and complex.

RVF : 91/100