Winemaker Notes
The 2019 Picpoul Blanc leaps forth with vibrant and piquant aromas of Summersavory, crisp green apple and white currant. This combination of flavors is wellbalanced with the bold non-fruit characteristics of wet cobblestones, mountain streams, and a pronounced chalky-limestone salinity. The palate is bright with hints of guava, candied ginger, and preserved lemon. These qualities are reinforced by the bracing acidity and juicy quality that is a hallmark of this varietal. This vintagebrings to the table a wonderful marriage of ripe fruit flavors and pure tangy lushness.
Picpoul remains one of the few wines in France named for the grape more than the place; Picpoul de Pinet refers to the white wines made exclusively from the grape called Piquepoul Blanc in the Languedoc communes of Pinet, Mèze, Florensac, Castelnau-de-Guers, Montagnac and Pomérols. Confusingly, the spelling, Piquepoul, can be used for the variety in all other appellations except for those named above. The grape is ubiquitous throughout the Languedoc. Somm Secret—Pomérols is a commune in the Languedoc-Rousillon region in the south of France and has nothing to do with the Bordeaux village of virtually the same name, Pomerol.
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