Corbières AOP – Château Saint-Estève – Sissèle – white

18,00 €

Sissèle offers a delicate white wine, with a nose of white flowers and yellow-fleshed fruit, from a typical clay-limestone terroir. The palate is fresh and saline, with lovely Mediterranean elegance – ideal for a refined aperitif or a dish of grilled fish.

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Description

TERROIR
Clay-limestone soil

GRAPE VARIETIES
40% Grenache Blanc, 30% Roussanne, 30% Marsanne

GROWING METHOD
The grapes are harvested by hand. Skin-contact maceration in the press, then pressing. Vinification in barrels, with regular lees stirring

AGEING POTENTIAL
2 to 6 years

AGEING
6 months minimum. The barrels are chosen very precisely so as to respect the raw material of the wine

TASTING
Pale colour with golden highlights. The nose recalls brioche, with a delicate scent of honey and vanilla. The attack is lively, with a good balance of richness and freshness. Barrel ageing brings lovely harmony to the palate, with toasty and smoky notes joining the scents of white-fleshed fruit (pear, peach)

SERVING SUGGESTION
Serve between 10°C and 12°C, as an aperitif and/or with refined, spicy dishes such as a Zarzuela (a Spanish dish of rockfish and shellfish with saffron and tomato), Sicilian-style swordfish casserole, olive cake, mature cheeses…

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Weight 1.4 kg
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