This entry level Chardonnay is just fantastic value for money and a perfect everyday drinking wine. Beautifully fresh, fruity and lively. This cool vintage has delivered a perfectly balanced wine with fruit and acidity. The extra bit of Chenin Blanc just balances the wine and gives a touch more complexity to the nose in particular. This is a wine that will please just about everybody!

CHARACTERISTICS

light corn yellow in colour, the nose shows citrus notes, hawthorn blossom and then white fruits, like baked pears. The palate is a similar progression with fresh fruit flavours, good volume and decent acidity balancing against a light, floral middle palate. The relative lightness, freshness and clean finish make this a great apero wine, but would easily match against some lighter foods too. Designed for drinking in the next 2 years.

THE WINERY

Every cloud has a silver lining – 12 years ago Eric Vialade was faced with the prospect of selling his family winery to settle his Divorce, but fortunately along came Jan and Caryl Panman, a Dutch couple with a passion for wine and they offered an alternative solution. They took over the estate, but immediately employed Eric back as the manager and wine maker. Not only did this preserve all of Eric’s knowledge of the 30 Ha estate, but brought in new commitment and new financing to improve the cellar and drive quality. Situated at 350m amongst the trees in a designated Nature Reserve, the vines get all the benefit of Limoux’s unique climate which has given it the reputation of producing the best white wines in the south of France. This estate continues to go from strength to strength and is now turning out medal winning wines every year at what can only be described as fantastic value prices.