Limoux Blanc 2019
Product sheet: cavecuvee.se/producenter/mouscaillo/limoux-blanc-2019/produktblad.pdf
- Type
- White
- Country
- France
- Region
- Languedoc
- Appellation
- Limoux
- Grapes
- Chardonnay, with Chenin and Mauzac
- Soil
- Clay-limestone, pH 8.5
- Vinification
- Hand harvest with strict selection in the vineyard. Cold settling for 48 hours. Fermentation in oak demi-muids (600 l) aged 1 to 14 years. Malolactic fermentation completed. Aged on the lees in the demi-muids for 11 months, with stirring of the lees, then 12 months in bottle in the estate's cellar. Bottled at the end of August, just before the next harvest.
- Other
- Free-run yield 42–50 hl/ha. Vine density 5,500 vines/ha on the oldest vines and 7,500 on the youngest. Residual sugar below 1 g/l.
- Bottle size
- 75 cl
- Case size
- 12 bottles
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Vine age
- 23–50 years
- Exposure
- Two plots at 430 m altitude, facing north and south, at the crossroads of three influences: Atlantic, Mediterranean and mainly Pyrenean
Mouscaillo's Limoux Blanc is mostly Chardonnay, with a little Chenin and Mauzac, from two plots at 430 metres facing north and south, on clay and limestone. It ferments in 600-litre oak barrels and ages on its lees for eleven months, with stirring, then another twelve months in bottle in the estate's cellar.