Villa Blanche Chardonnay Calmel & Joseph

The Villa Blanche Chardonnay is very expressive with white flowers and fruity aromas of apricot and vineyard peach, along with dried fruit and nut overtones. Straightforward, clean, full and well-balanced on the palate, with a fresh and fruity finish revealing mango and citrus overtones. The oak is subtle and very smooth. This vintage shows lovely acidic tension: elegant.

• Vintage - 2020
• Bottle Size - 75cl
• Grape Variety - 100% Chardonnay
• Alcohol by Volume - 13%
• Region - IGP Pays d' Oc - Languedoc, France
• Style - Dry, fresh and well balanced white wine
• Serving Temperature - 8 - 10°c
• Storage - Drink + 3 years
• Closure - Stelvin

The grapes are picked at night, in two passes. The first harvest is done at a relatively early stage in maturity, to keep freshness in the wine. Then 15 days later a second harvest is done, to get good concentration and varietal aromas. Grapes are destemmed and then macerated at 5°C for 4 hours. Fermentation is termpature-controlled 15°C (no malolactic fermentation).

Ageing
Chardonnay are aged for three months in oak barrels (30% of the vintage).

In 2007, Laurent Calmel joined J Joseph’s fifteen years old trading company that specialized in Languedoc Roussillon wines coming from Private cellars. Both of them decided to take up a new challenge: vinifying in the most natural way a range of great Languedoc Roussillon wines on hardly known appellations from a strict selection of parcels cultivated organically. This desire to prove the exceptional quality of these soils also relied on complete transparency of the wines. Their cultural methods and vinification are widely described on their blog www.calmel-joseph.com.