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Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh Sec Château Viella 2022 DE

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Tasting Notes: The wine is comprised of 20% Aruffiac, 20% Petit Manseng, and 60% Gros Manseng, from a one-hectare parcel of south facing, gradually sloping gravelly clay. The grapes were hand ha... rvested in early October, and fermented in a mix of used barriques, where the wine matured seven months with weekly batonnage before bottling. In the glass, this radiant, shimmering green-gold wine unfurls with compelling aromas of dried pineapple, fresh basil, quince, and white peppercorns, that alternate with suggestions of ripe white peaches, applewood smoke, marigolds, and walnut oil, as the nose evolves over time. On the palate, the wine is concentrated, dry, and electrifying, with a dense core of pine berry, Meyer lemon, green mango, and kiwi, all seasoned with palpable sea salt minerality and bright acidity, which carry the flavors through a long, persistent, refreshing finish. Drink now–2028. Read More

In 1952, Alain Bortolussi's grandfather, an immigrant from the Veneto, purchased the eighteenth-century château and the surrounding 25 hectares of vines, which had just been classified under AOC regulations as Madiran and Pacherenc du Vic Bilh. At the time, it had almost no value. Over the next thirty-five years, most of the estate was replanted with the best clones of Tannat and Cabernet Franc for the Madiran, along with a tiny one-hectare parcel of local white varieties for the Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh. Alain, who is the first to bottle wine at the estate, took charge in 1991. When I met him in 2013, he was just completing the restoration of the château. In 2016, his daughters, Claire, and Marion, joined Alain at Château Viella, and in 2019, on Alain’s nominal “retirement,” have taken the reins of this jewel of a winegrowing estate.

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