Château Gres Saint Paul | Libertine Dry Muscat | Vin de pays d’Oc 2006

PV Tasting Notes

While this will not be a long-lived Muscat, for drinking over the near term, it is a splendidly perfumed, medium-bodied dry wine that is meant to be drunk before the meal or with Asian foods, it is not heavy despite copious quantities of ripe fruit, both the aromatics and flavours are of honeysuckle, spring mountain flowers and mineral notes. This really is a delicious, super-perfumed style of Muscat!

This wine is all about the aromatic profile, serve before the meal, or with heavily scented Thai Styled foods, Soft Shell Crab, Thai Curries, Seafood’s with ginger, basil and spring onion or maybe a melted onion quiche with salad or pongy cheeses.

Year in year out Château Grès Saint Paul produce a succession of great wines of true value, which if tasted blind amongst some of the better known wines of the Rhône selling at four and five times the price they would be in the top selection from virtually every vintage. The two partners of the Château, Jean-Philippe Servière and Philippe Salasc are without doubt two of the finest life loving and generous people one could ever wish to meet, totally committed to producing the finest wines available throughout the Languedoc region. The legion of awards won over the past decade stands as testament both to their artistic skill and their stoic workmanship.

Yields: 40 hl/ha
Harvest: Manual
Terroir: Villafranchien (pebbly and gravelly). Deep and poor soils
Microclimate: cool microclimate at an altitude of 50 meters
Vinification: - Complete de-stemming, direct pressing followed by a racking of the must at low temperature (6°C) during 24 hours.
` - Slow fermentation at low temperature (15°C) during 3 weeks.
Ageing: Maturing in stainless steel tank with a stirring of the fine lees each month