Chapoutier - Collines Rhodaniennes - Combe Pilate - White - 2022

Wine:

The 2022 white La Combe Pilate IGP Collines Rhodaniennes presents itself with charming simplicity, offering notes of apricot, yellow fruits, and gentle spices. An approachable and versatile wine, it’s perfect as an aperitif, paired with goat cheese, or alongside a prepared fish dish.

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.

A true icon of the Rhône Valley, Michel Chapoutier boasts an extraordinary portfolio of outstanding wines. His unparalleled winemaking expertise and intimate knowledge of the region’s vineyards enable him to uncover and highlight the very best terroirs.

Known for his exceptional consistency, Chapoutier’s wines represent some of the most precise and expressive interpretations of their appellations. A definitive reference in Rhône winemaking.