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LES PINS 2018 (Domaine Gripa)
RHÔNE VALLEY - AOP SAINT-PÉRAY - White
Ageing on fine lies for 8 months in french oak barrels
Fresh and saline nose with notes of citrus, verbena and white peaches. The palate is lively and mineral, with a nice tension and a long finish on the lime. A qualitative wine with a beautiful energy!
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The wine Les Pins is a blend of a majority of Marsanne and of Roussanne. The vines are about 35 years old and provide a yield of 45 hl / ha.
TERROIR
The plots of the GRIPA estate in the Saint-Péray designation are located in the locality called Les Putiers, where the terroir presents two types of recently formed soil :
- A soil made up of torrential alluvial deposits that the rivers spread during the Mindel, one of the last Earth glaciation periods that occurred two million years ago. The deposits are heterogeneous and combine limestone blocks and pebbles embedded in a sandy-gravelly matrix.
- A soil, recently formed, and which consists of colluvial granitic arenas coming from the crystalline basement of the Granite de Tournon. Gravelly and micaceous elements are embedded in a more or less clay matrix.
These clay-limestone soils give the wine tension and freshness.
WINEMAKING
The grapes are harvested manually and slowly pressed. The juice is then left in tanks for a short settling period, before being racked, for 80% of the must in oak barrels, and for the remaining 20% in thermoregulated tanks.
Once the alcoholic fermentation is complete, the must is matured on its fine lees in 600 and 228 liter barrels until the end of the malolactic fermentation : the ageing phase lasts around 8 months.
Bottling is done in May of the year following the harvest's one.
SERVICE ADVISE
Open the wine 1/2 hour before serving.
| Country | Rhône Valley |
| Color | White |
| Orange wines | No |
| Clay amphorae wines | No |
| Type | Dry |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Capacity | 75 cl |
| Variety | Marsanne (70%), Roussanne (30%) |
| Single Grape Variety | Marsanne |
| Alcohol rate | 13,5 % |
| Quality Designation | Saint-Péray |
| Cellar Potential | From 5 to 8 years |
| Service advise | 13°C (55°F). Open the bottle 1/2h before serving the wine. |
| Culture Methods | Sustainable cultivation method |
| Comments | Yield: 45 hl/ha. Fermentation in thermo-regulated tanks (20%) and oak barrels (80%). Fine lees ageing in oak barrels for 8 months. |
La cuvée "Les Pins" offre une matière souple et tendue à la fois lui permettant de très beaux accords sur l’ensemble des poissons, cuits au four, ou accompagnés d’une sauce crémeuse.
Elle rehausse avec brio un poulet rôti aux herbes et aux épices, ou une pintade grillée. Côté fromage, elle s’entend bien avec un chèvre frais au poivre, ou un crémeux de Bourgogne aux truffes.
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