Details

  • Type: White
  • Country: France
  • Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
  • Vintage: 2019/2019
  • Producer: Rare Vineyards
  • Primary grape: Marsanne
  • Secondary grape: Viognier
  • Bottle size: 75cl
  • Code: 23884
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  • Vegan Vegan
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Expression

Juicy, fruit-driven, ripe whites

  • Fruity nature makes these flexible with many cheeses. Semi-soft cheeses e.g. Brie, Camembert. Chaumes, Cheddar, Comte
  • Firm white fish grilled, seared, baked or casseroled. Fish cakes, paella, salmon, scallops, sea bass, sea bream
  • Basil, coriander, cumin, ginger, lemongrass, mustard, tarragon
  • Grilled, braised, roast, seared white meats: chicken, pork, turkey, veal. Duck, gammon, goose
  • BBQ, chestnut sauce, fish-based sauces, creamy sauces e.g. carbonara, hollandaise, parsley sauce, pesto
  • Thai dishes (sweeter). Chinese (Cantonese). Mild or creamy Indian dishes e.g. chicken korma, tandoori fish, red-lentil dahl
  • Caesar, chicken, egg, fish or seafood salad. Carrot, endive, leek, lentils, onion tart, parsnip, sweetcorn, risotto

About the Wine

Viognier

Vee-ohn-yay

Viognier produces aromatic and sometimes exotic wines, it may be thought of as a variety that offers some the approachable rich body nature of a Chardonnay, but with a more aromatic fruity character of peach and apricot. Now widely planted, almost always dry in style.

Flavours:

  • Apricot Apricot
  • Ginger Ginger
  • Honeysuckle Honeysuckle
  • Lime Lime
  • Peach Peach

Marsanne

mar-sohn

This wine grape is considered the most popular variety of white wine grape planted in the region of Northern Rhone. It possesses a number of rich qualities with rich textures and an enhancing flavour.

Flavours:

  • Acacia Acacia
  • Apricot Apricot
  • Beeswax Beeswax
  • Mandarin Orange Mandarin Orange
  • Quince Quince

The Country

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France

Following on from a fantastic vintage the year before, French vineyards endured a mixed bag of weather conditions in the early part of the growing season followed by a long, hot summer which produced some memorable wines, even to rival to the excellence of the previous year.

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