The wine pairs beautifully with seafood, particularly oysters, shrimp, and other shellfish, as well as light fish dishes. The wine’s fine minerality also complements the subtle flavours of fresh salads and light appetizers.

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In the splendid castle and the village’s Renaissance buildings there were always deep, cool cellars called “caneva”, which stored the excellent wine collected as county tithes.

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Vineyards:
Sourced from carefully selected vineyards in the Adelaide Hills. Sites in the northern Adelaide Hills provide the warmth to produce lifted stone fruit and tropical fruit flavours while the cooler vineyard sites at the southern end add elegance and minerality.

Winemaking:
Selective harvested and gently pressed to barrel. Fermented in 30% new and 70% seasoned French oak hogsheads and puncheons. Partial malolactic fermentation on lees for 6 months with regular Bâtonnage.

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Its ideal tasting temperature is 11-12°.
Aging potential : 4-8 years

Appearance: Its pale gold and crystalline color takes on more sustained tones as it ages.
Aroma: Its nose is subtle with scents of honey and white flowers.
Taste: Le Pouilly Vinzelles leaves elegant aromas in the mouth.

Food Match: This wine is perfect as an Aperitif, or enjoy with main meals such as meats including Sauerkraut & andouillettes, Seafood, asparagus, Goats Cheese & Baked Apple deserts.

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FOOD PAIRING
A wine for both surf and turf. Seafood pairs wonderfully: grilled shellfish, such as lobster, or a scallop fricassee. Alternatively, it is perfect with foie gras, veal haunch, or creamy poultry. It also accompanies blue cheeses very well.
Serve at 12 to 14°C

VINIFICATION
Fermentation: Starting out in stainless steel vats, the wines are then put into barrels for barrel fermentation
Maturation: 12 months in barrels using 20% new barrels

Laying down: From 2 to 8 years depending on the vintage

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Serving advice:
– Keeping time: 5 years
– Serving temperature: between 14 and 16 ° C
– Bottle / carafe service: bottle

Food Pairing:
Roast pork, Chicken wok, Rabbit with mustard, Red tuna carpaccio

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Upon arrival in the cellars, the white grapes are pressed immediately to avoid any risk of maceration and oxidation. The juice obtained is settled and then placed in oak barrels (including 1/5th of new Allier barrels) where it will be aged for 9 months. The wine will be beaten during the first months, and topped up regularly until it is racked and blended, before bottling.

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