Château La Canorgue Viognier, IGP de la Mediterranée, white, organic wine, from € 14,55

Château La Canorgue, Viognier, IGP de la Mediterranee, white, organic wine, 2022/3, from € 14,55

It is mainly thanks to Jean Pierre Margan who shaped the style of this wine made from the Viognier grape variety. It is a grape variety native to the vineyards along the Rhône and its tributary valleys, producing the best wines here. The Château La Canorgue Viognier is a silky smooth white wine, distinctive with complex fruit aromas. His daughter Nathalie has been refining the style of the wines for several years.

Awarded organic wine

Gold medal Concours de vins d'Avignon
Gold medal challenge international Gilbert & Gaillard 2020
Gold medal Challenge international, Concours grands vins de France Macon

Organic wine - profile

• Colour: straw-light with greenish reflections
• Nose: intense scents of tropical fruits, almost exotic, with floral notes
• Palate: The current vintage of this white wine presents itself in the glass with complex and rich flavors. It is elegant and harmonious. A white wine with style and class, fine fruit, subtle acidity and a long finish.
• Tasting recommendation: Serve at 8 to 10 ° C, it goes very well as an aperitif or combine with poultry with morels.

Organic wine - processing, Château La Canorgue, Viognier, IGP Méditerranée, white

Organic viticulture has been practiced in the vineyards of Château La Canorgue since the 1970s, including elements from biodynamic viticulture. The harvest volume of the grapes, which were harvested manually at night at cool temperatures, was very low at 30 hl/hectare. This beautiful white wine is correspondingly tasty. This manual work costs significantly more than mechanical harvesting, but it ensures that only good grapes and nothing else end up in the wine press. The grapes are then lightly crushed so that some juice comes out and the so-called mash is created, which is cooled and macerated for a few hours. Fermentation takes place with the grapes' own yeasts (spontaneous fermentation) under a CO2 atmosphere in order to prevent contact with air and to be able to limit the addition of sulfite to a minimum. This white organic wine matured for 2 months in wooden barrels on fine yeast. This increases its flavor intensity and shelf life.

 

The wine in a flash

• Wine type: Dry white wine
• Region: Vaucluse, Luberon, Rhône
• Wine estate and bottler: Château la Canorgue
• Grape variety: Viognier
• Aging: 2 month on its fine yeast (sur lies fines)
• Quantity: 0.75 l
• Stopper type: natural cork
• Vintage: 2022/3
• At its best: Now to 5 years from vintage
• Analysis 2023: Alcohol 13.81 vol., rediual sugar 0.3 g/l, acid volatile 0.26 g/l. acid total 3.21 g/l, SO2 free 14 mg/l, SO2 total 63 mg/l
• Allergenes: contains sulfites
• Suitable for vegans
• Organic wine certification FR-BIO-01
• We source this organic wine directly from the  Château La Canorgue, 84480 Bonnieux, France

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