Domaine de Sau Rancio Sec NV (500ml)
Price: $32.99
Sale Price: $29.99
| Producer | Domaine de Sau |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Varietal | Grenache Gris |
| Sku | 377000122704 |
| Size | 500ml |
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A blend of the 2006 and 2007 vintages, the Domaine de Saü Rancio sec is 100% Grenache gris, harvested by hand from a 1.9-hectare plot of 70-year old bush vines. Fermented with native yeasts in epoxy-line steel tanks and left for a week on its skins, its subsequent elevage takes place in one of the most magical places for oxidative wines in all of Roussillon—a former horse barn on the Château de Saü estate. Here, temperatures range from 55–80F and the Tramontana wind blows outside its wooden doors throughout the year, concentrating the wine left to rest in old 225-liter Bordelais fûts. Never topped-up, the resulting wine reaches 18.5% abv naturally, without fortification; the honeyed texture and high-floral notes of the wine belying its inherent power. Exceptional as a dry digestif, with cheese and dried fruit, and with glazed pork. Shelf-stable, it should be served lightly chilled or at cellar temperature.
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