very rare & small production Languedoc white from an excellent producer (sourced from just 1 ha of vines!). most vintages are 1000-2000 bottles.
Milouise is Jean-Philippe’s top white made from the oldest vines of the Domaine, all co-planted, very limited production. It’s named after the grand-parents, Milou and Louise. It’s a wine of great intensity, energy and complexity yet the same freshness and lightness of body and alcohol as the Fleur.
Location: from multiple parcels around Calce.
Size ha: 1.
Age: Grenache Gris and Blanc planted in 1930, others co-planted, Macabeu planted in 1970.
Soils: on a mix, a mosaic of soils, mostly limestone, including clay-limestone and calcareous marls, Macabeu on schist.
Exposition: various, mostly south and west.
Altitude: 200-300m.
Training: gobelet.
Farming: organic and biodynamic.
Average yield hl/ha: 15.
Climate: Mediterranean.
combination of plots from marl, schist, clay/limestone
melon, stony minerality, smoky, toasty nuances, peppery, medium plus in body with great mid-palate depth and richness
region: Roussillon, France
varietal: Mostly Grenache Gris 80% / Grenache blanc / Macabeu with some Carignan blanc / Clairette / Tourbat / Muscat petit grains / Muscat d'Alexandrie
style: white
farming/cellar: hand picked, co-ferment, direct press into steel, ambient yeast, aged in oak (some new wood), zero zero no added so2
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