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Le Pigeonnier du Gouyat White
Vignobles Dubard - Montravel
White,Montravel
100% Sauvignon
history
The Dubard Family is for more than 30 years, the most famous producers of refreshing and reasonably priced wines in South-West France. The family members offer differing personalities of graduate oenologists, wine makers and viticulturists who together make up a dynamic and passionate team that has been renowned in the Bergerac wine region for decades. Being receptive to their terroir, combining common sense and long experience with ceaseless wine-making and viticulture: these are the founding principles on which the family has relied in their exceptionnel cuvées. They are also ongoing on the environmental label "HVE" (High Environmental Value).
Vineyard
The Montravel Wine Appellation is situated West of the Bergerac wine region. The grapes for this "cuvée" were selected from 40-year-old vines located on sunny hillsides. Precautions such as closely planted vines (5,000 vines/ha) with grass between rows, a set of tasks thoroughly run like bud thinning, leaf plucking and bunch thinning and a restriction of yield to 45 HI/ha, lead to the optimisation of maturity and a quality of harvest. The application of the integrated farming principles emphasizes an utmost care for sanitary state of crop and our concern for environment. The grapes are strictly sorted in order to select only those which meet our requirements of maturity, homogeneity and sanitary state.
Winemaking
At their arrival, the grapes are de-stemmed and introduced to stainless tanks. A 12 hours long cold maceration for skin contact, maximises flavour extraction and provides strentgh and fullness on the palate. The grapes are then gently pressed, and the juice settles for two days before being racked directly to French oak 50 hl-vats. The white "Pigeonnier du Gouyat" is fermented in those oak vats slowly at cool temperatures (16 to 18°C) to retain varietal characters, unique to Sauvignon Blanc. The wine was subsequently left in barrels on yeast lees for a few months. A gentle lees stirring during the first two months has helped to provide palate weight and refinement.
Tasting notes
Because of its great richness and toasty side, this "cuvée" is recommended with delicate white meats, seafood dishes, goat's cheese, or can simply be enjoyed on its own. This "Pigeonnier du Gouyat" will best be consumed while young, when the thirst-quenching freshness is dominant, but will develop further complexity if cellared for additional years. Best served slightly chilled (13°C).
Food pairing
Delicate white meats, seafood dishes, goat's cheese...
Aging potential
Grape varieties
100% Sauvignon
Cuvée France
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