Winemaker Notes
The dress is clear golden yellow. The nose is complex mixing notes of fresh fruit and a buttery tip. The palate reveals aromas of white flowers, fresh fruit and buttery, toasted notes with a long finish as well as a beautiful balance between tension and volume.
Serve with fried scallops, roasted chicken or as an aperitif.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2018 IGP Pays d'Oc Cigalus Blanc is a barrel-fermented and aged blend of Chardonnay, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc. Marked by toasty notes on the nose, it adds ripe, honeyed notes of pineapple and peach on the palate. It's full-bodied and round, with a creamy-silky texture, then adds lively citrus zest on the long finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Cigalus White Wine is ripe, layered, and persistent. TASTING NOTES: This wine shows up with big-time aromas and flavors of ripe apple and a hint of flowers. Pair it with garlic-infused, grilled chicken thighs. (Tasted: October 14, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Floral and honey cream aromas mark the ripe white peach, lemon and mango flavors in this lush, medium- to full-bodied white, with details of baking spice, toast and vanilla echoing on the wet stone finish. Chardonnay, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc. Drink now through 2024.
Full-bodied and flavorful, white Rhône blends originate from France’s Rhône Valley. Today these blends are also becoming popular in other regions. Typically some combination of Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier form the basis of a white Rhône blend with varying degrees of flexibility depending on the exact appellation. Somm Secret—In the Northern Rhône, blends of Marsanne and Roussanne are common but the south retains more variety. Marsanne, Roussanne as well as Bourboulenc, Clairette, Picpoul and Ugni Blanc are typical.
An extensive appellation producing a diverse selection of good quality and great values, Languedoc spans the Mediterranean coast from the Pyrenees mountains of Roussillon all the way to the Rhône Valley. Languedoc’s terrain is generally flat coastal plains, with a warm Mediterranean climate and frequent risk of drought.
Virtually every style of wine is made in this expansive region. Most dry wines are blends with varietal choice strongly influenced by the neighboring Rhône Valley. For reds and rosés, the primary grapes include Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Cinsault and Mourvèdre. White varieties include Grenache Blanc, Muscat, Ugni Blanc, Vermentino, Macabéo, Clairette, Piquepoul and Bourbelenc.
International varieties are also planted in large numbers here, in particular Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The key region for sparkling wines here is Limoux, where Blanquette de Limoux is believed to have been the first sparkling wine made in France, even before Champagne. Crémant de Limoux is produced in a more modern style.