Domaine Chiroulet, Cotes de Gascogne Terres Blanches White 2019

Grape varieties : Gros Manseng 55% / Sauvignon 35% / Ugni Blanc 10%.

Certification : High Environmental Value level 3.

Pale straw color. The nose reveals a strong expressiveness, aroused by a particularly tonic aromatic register, oscillating between lemon zest and kiwi. The mouth is crossed by a large stream of freshness which « takes » the material and expresses itself advantageously through the acidity of the fruit which confers an incredible acuity to the flavors. Underlying the fruit, the tender and saline nature of the mineral grain underline in point its entire expression.

Ideally on smoked salmon, oysters, shrimp, lobster tail and appetizer dishes in Crustaceans. During meals sublimating vegetables, fish cooked in their natural expression: cod, hake, seabass...

Domaine Chiroulet is located in Ténarèze, a region forming one of the 3 terroirs of the Armagnac area. If its toponymy is not clearly established, it is in any case very old, since some authors link its name to that of a prehistoric road crossing all of Gascony. It was a path linking the Garonne valley to Spain, the route of which was away from Roman roads and important roads in the Middle Ages and under the Ancien Régime, which earned it to be exempted from rights of way. Today, the Ténarèze therefore designates a wine-growing area specific to Armagnac, officially recognized as such and whose delimitation covers specific limestone soils, called “peyrusquets” in Gascony. Having Montréal-du-Gers as its epicenter, the part of the Ténarèze bordering the estate has a strong wine-growing vocation and is an important center of Armagnac production. Its eaux-de-vie also bear a specific imprint and are reputed to be “powerful and full-bodied”.