Chapoutier - Collines Rhodaniennes - Combe Pilate - Blanc - 2022

Wine:

The 2022 white IGP Collines Rhodaniennes La Combe Pilate is simple, with notes of apricot, yellow fruit and sweet spices. An elegant wine, perfect as an aperitif, with goat's cheese or cooked fish.

Vinification:

Hand-harvested, fermented and aged in demi-muids for 8 to 9 months. Malolactic fermentation. Very light stirring of the lees during the first months of ageing.

Demeter-certified organic and biodynamic wine.

Color:

Bright pale gold.

Nose:

Notes of apricot and yellow fruit underlined by spicy touches.

Palate:

Fresh and delicate, this cuvée is at ease as an aperitif, and reveals itself in all simplicity through a chiselled, taut structure.

Temperature:

Serve between 10 and 12°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Wok of monkfish with green curry and crisp vegetables, sautéed shrimp, salmon rillettes.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2028.

Michel Chapoutier, a star in the Rhône Valley, boasts a phenomenal catalog of crus. His winemaking talent and intimate knowledge of the vineyards enable him, more than anyone else, to discover the finest terroirs. With unwavering consistency, his wines deliver the most refined expressions of their appellations. A true reference!