Domaine de la Monardière - Vacqueyras - Galéjade - Blanc - 2020

Wine:

With a high proportion of roussanne in its blend (50%), linked to grenache blanc and clairette, the 2020 white Vacqueyras Galéjade expresses beautiful maturity and depth around notes of apricot and flowers. It's a sumptuous, seductive, full-bodied wine, already well opened, where the roussanne imposes its power and scope while remaining well-balanced.

Vinification:

harvested by hand. Les Pendants, Les Saints Papes, Grandy Garrigues and Marnes Sableuses. Vines on average 25 years old. Direct pressing of whole bunches. Static cold settling for 36 hours. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in oval tuns at a controlled temperature of 20°C. Aged 11 months without racking.

Certified organic wine.

Temperature:

Serve between 10 and 12°C in a large glass.

Food and wine pairing:

Crispy goat's cheese, oven-roasted sea bass, free-range poultry with cream sauce, pork filet mignon with honey and spices.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2028.

A model address in Vacqueyras, Domaine La Monardière continues on its path to success. All the more so as son Damien Vache, now at the helm, has initiated a change of style that takes the wines even higher, with whites that have gained in intensity and fuller-bodied reds of excellent fruit quality.

Always fans of this southern Rhône region, we're sure to add this estate to our list of favorite addresses; a blessed organic label that happily and sincerely delivers its vision of the Dentelles!