Winemaker Notes
After hand picking the Garnacha Blanca grapes, a speciality of the area, the wine was fermented in French oak barrels and then matured for a further 4 months, to produce a highly aromatic wine with great citrus fruit on the nose, combined with a soft creamy palate and a crisp fresh finish.
Producing full-bodied white wines, Grenache Blanc can be unctuous and soft or floral and fresh. Some of the finest examples are terroir-driven, age-worthy wines. It is a key ingredient in white Châteauneuf-du-Pape and many white blends across southern France and NE Spain. Somm Secret—Grenache Blanc plays a key role in the vins doux naturels of Rivesaltes and a subsidiary role in those of Banyuls and Maury.
Literally meaning ‘under the mountain,’ Somontano is a diverse region located in the foothills of the south central Pyrenees. Heavy winter rains supply the region with water even throughout the summer.