Domaine le Clos des Lumieres Cotes du Rhone Blanc 2021
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Domaine Le Clos des Lumières is a family farm founded in 1946 by the grandfather of the current winemaker, Gérald Serrano, in his native Gard village of Fournès . It is a terroir of high quality that gives the wines of the Clos des Lumières its unique characteristics: pebbles that are particularly suitable for high-end cuvées, because they allow to preserve a stable temperature for the grapes, by storing the heat during the day and rejecting it at night. A clay-limestone soil left by the sea and erosion, and which gives small grains very interesting for their aromatic qualities, and a land of alluvium produced by the Gardon whose grassy plots give the wines of the country.
The area of fifty hectares , planted with vines sometimes more than 60 years old, is composed of all the grape varieties necessary for the composition of all the best wines of the Côte du Rhône.
Full-bodied and flavorful, white Rhône blends originate from France’s Rhône Valley. Today these blends are also becoming popular in other regions. Typically some combination of Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier form the basis of a white Rhône blend with varying degrees of flexibility depending on the exact appellation. Somm Secret—In the Northern Rhône, blends of Marsanne and Roussanne are common but the south retains more variety. Marsanne, Roussanne as well as Bourboulenc, Clairette, Picpoul and Ugni Blanc are typical.
Typically thought of as a baby Chateâuneuf-du-Pape, the term Côtes du Rhône actually doesn’t merely apply to the flatter outskirts of the major southern Rhône appellations, it also includes the fringes of well-respected northern Rhône appellations. White wines can be produced under the appellation name, but very little is actually made.
The region offers some of the best values in France and even some first-rate and age-worthy reds. Red wine varieties include most of the Chateâuneuf-du-Pape varieties like Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsault, and Counoise, as well as Carignan. White grapes grown include Grenache blanc, Roussanne and Viognier, among others.