Dom. de la Rouletiere Vouvray Brut

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    750ML

    ABV
    12.5%

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    Dom. de la Rouletiere

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    Domaine de la Rouletiere, France
    Jean-Marc Gilet, a fifth-generation winemaker in perhaps the Loire Valley’s most famous appellation, owns Domaine de la Rouletiere. Jean-Marc organically farms 17 hectares of vines and ages the production in an underground cellar carved out of the slope’s chalky limestone. First up in his range are two excellent value sparkling wines that most would note as specialties of the domaine. The Vouvray Brut Traditionnelle is made with pure Chenin Blanc and aged 24 months on its lees. It shows notes of citrus and honey, along with hints of spice and brioche. The palate has a creamy texture, with chalky Chenin notes and a crisp finish. The Touraine Brut Rosé is fashioned with pure Pinot Noir and aged for 18 months on its lees. This bubbly shows classy notes of tiny red fruit, a dry finish and is a great value! The Vouvray Sec Silex 2020 (with a classy new label) comes from parcels containing large amounts of flint and is aged in stainless steel. This wine shows fresh apple and warm spice notes with supportive underlying minerality. A good choice with broiled fish, pork loin or soft rind cheeses like brie.
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    A term typically reserved for Champagne and Sparkling Wines, non-vintage or simply “NV” on a label indicates a blend of finished wines from different vintages (years of harvest). To make non-vintage Champagne, typically the current year’s harvest (in other words, the current vintage) forms the base of the blend. Finished wines from previous years, called “vins de reserve” are blended in at approximately 10-50% of the total volume in order to achieve the flavor, complexity, body and acidity for the desired house style. A tiny proportion of Champagnes are made from a single vintage.

    There are also some very large production still wines that may not claim one particular vintage. This would be at the discretion of the winemaker’s goals for character of the final wine.

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    Vouvray Wine

    Touraine, France

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    An important white wine appellation in the Touraine and one of the top in all of the Loire, Vouvray uniquely specializes in a wide range of styles from dry to sweet, and still to sparkling, each with its own definitive character. Vouvray is almost always 100% Chenin blanc (however up to 5% Menu Pineau is theoretically allowed but not often used).

    Vouvray is also the name of a pretty little town just east of Tours on the northern bank of the Loire—its vineyards surround it to the northeast. Houses and cellars are carved out of the local tuffeau, a chalky or sandy, fine-grained limestone. Vineyards inhabit clay and gravel topsoil over tuffeau on the plateau, the best of which have a slight slope with a southerly aspect.

    Chenin blanc’s high acidity and natural adaptability allow it to produce a wide range of styles with enormous success. Styles under the Vouvray name include sparkling, both Brut and Demi-Sec and still: Sec (dry) and Tendre (off-dry) as well as Demi-Sec (noticeably sweet), Moelleux (very sweet) and Liquoreaux (botrytized). Most can age about five years but the best quality versions will continue to improve over decades.

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