VINIQUE COMMENT

With the outstanding success of the Armonio red launched 10 years ago, Louis Mitjavile, (Tertre Roteboeuf in St Emilion) and Luc Baudet of Mas Neuf decided to develop a white wine with an equally big personality! Using Luc’s 3 best parcels of white grapes, the best quality new French oak from Burgundy, this wine offers a super intense drinking experience. Rich, exotic, with lots of oak flavours blended in, it really is a unique wine with lots of wow factor.

CHARACTERISTICS

A golden yellow in the glass, the nose gives intense aromas of citrus (lemon and orange peel), floral notes, including honeysuckle and also a little vanilla.The mouth is full, rich and waxy with citrus flavors dominating and a creamy butteriness, giving way to long, intense finish. There is excellent balance for such a powerful wine and an expectation that it will age beautifully, gaining further complexity over the next 3-5 years. It is a food wine which would match game dishes and also hard cheeses very well.

THE WINERY

Luc Baudet took over this run down estate in 2000 with a little help from investor friends. Originating from the south of France, he did not have a background in wine; however he did study Agronomy with a specialisation for food science and always had a passion for food, tastes and scents. An early career with an Irish Whisky company and further roles with global food and wine companies led him progressively towards wanting to do his own thing. Mas Neuf offered a great opportunity with established vines, classic “gallets” vineyards like Chateauneuf du Pape and being very close to the sea in the very south of the Rhone, a much cooler average temperature, ensuring a longer growing season, more opportunity for grape variety and less over-ripeness. Strict yield control and pursuit of quality in the cellar has led to Mas Neuf now producing some of the highest rated wines in the region, as well as some of the most unusual.