Domaine des Masques Essentielle Blanc Catalonia"A fresh and crisp white aromas of honeydew and cantaloupe leading into crunchy anjou pear and macintosh apple. After hand harvesting at night in late September and early October the fruit is brought to the winery where it is kept cool while destemmed, pressed, and transferred to stainless steel with inert gases to prevent oxidation and avoid any addition of sulphites until the time of bottling. The must is cold stabilized for 10 days before the juice
When Beaune-based merchant Georges Lochardet married Marcelle Nié they collectively owned 20 hectares of vines
Cutting production by 1/3
The wine is showing beautifully now but will easily handle fifteen to twenty years in the cellar
refreshing red berry nuances
winemaker/founder Jurgen Gouws' founded Intellego in 2009
This is how the winery describes this wine - "“Halagasha” is the Xhosa term which this South Africa tribe use when celebrating the score of a soccer goal
great finish
It has the spectral beauty and regality of ancient mythical warrior queens
with dramatic swings in temperature from day to night
" - Rum Ratings
Hints of raspberry
Viosinho and Rabigato varieties